Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric (Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780521533126
Subjects: Economic History; Electrical power industries; 20th century; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Infrastructure; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Infrastructure; History / United States / 20th Century; Thomson, Elihu, --1853-1937; Thomson, Elihu,--1853-1937
First sentence: At first glance, the details of Elihu Thomson's childhood and early adulthood parallel the life stories of other American technological heroes, such as Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.