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4 Electrical Politics and Political Electricity

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. Introduction: Seizing the Lightning 1
  5. 1 Atlantic Circuits 14
  6. 2 Lightning Rods and the Direction of Nature 50
  7. 3 Wonderful Recreations 87
  8. 4 Electrical Politics and Political Electricity 129
  9. 5 How to Handle an Electric Eel 165
  10. 6 Electrical Humanitarianism 200
  11. 7 Electricity as Common Sense 239
  12. Conclusion: What Is American Enlightenment? 278
  13. Notes 285
  14. Illustration Sources 355
  15. Acknowledgments 357
  16. Index 359
A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders
This chapter is in the book A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674271999-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. Introduction: Seizing the Lightning 1
  5. 1 Atlantic Circuits 14
  6. 2 Lightning Rods and the Direction of Nature 50
  7. 3 Wonderful Recreations 87
  8. 4 Electrical Politics and Political Electricity 129
  9. 5 How to Handle an Electric Eel 165
  10. 6 Electrical Humanitarianism 200
  11. 7 Electricity as Common Sense 239
  12. Conclusion: What Is American Enlightenment? 278
  13. Notes 285
  14. Illustration Sources 355
  15. Acknowledgments 357
  16. Index 359
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