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From whale oil to kerosene, from the colonial period to the end of the US Civil War, modern, industrial lights brought wonderful improvements and incredible wealth to some. But for most workers, free and unfree, human and nonhuman, these lights were catastrophes. This book tells their stories.

American Lucifers The Dark History of Artificial

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      Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
      Published 1 August 2022
      ISBN-13 9781469672540
      978-1469672540
      ISBN-10 1469672545
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      Applied ecology Electrical engineering

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      Book Synopsis
      From whale oil to kerosene, from the colonial period to the end of the US Civil War, modern, industrial lights brought wonderful improvements and incredible wealth to some. But for most workers, free and unfree, human and nonhuman, these lights were catastrophes. This book tells their stories.

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