A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders - Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America - Hardback - 2006

Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder.
Year of publication: 2006
Pagination: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps
Format: Hardback