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Electric City by Thomas Hager The lost history of Ford-Edison's American Utopia
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Artist
- Hager Thomas
- Type
- BOOK
- Release Title
- Electric City
- Publication Name
- Electric City
- Movie/TV Title
- Electric City
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781419752988
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
1419752987
ISBN-13
9781419752988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050104748
Product Key Features
Book Title
Electric City : the Lost History of Ford and Edison's American Utopia
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / Economic Policy, United States / General, Business
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Thomas Hager's Electric City is a rollicking and well-constructed story about power --electric power, political power, financial power--with a gallery of colorful and deeply human characters fighting to own the future. Hager brings Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and forgotten progressive giants like George Norris alive on the page. And he untangles complex but important strands of American history for easy inspection. In his capable hands, Muscle Shoals--and the Tennessee Valley Authority--are no longer dusty relics but fascinating examples of the great American experiment.
Dewey Decimal
307.7609730904
Synopsis
With vivid storytelling and deep historical insight, Electric City reveals how two titans of industry nearly reshaped America--and how their failure helped define the country's future. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--corporate chieftains and visionaries with similarities to Steve Jobs and Elon Musk--envisioned a radical new city on the banks of the Tennessee River: a sprawling, electric-powered metropolis fueled by renewable energy, governed by its own currency, and free from labor unions. Their plan for a "Detroit of the South" promised technological marvels, mass commuting by car, and a future unburdened by pollution (or socialism). But their vision collided with local resistance and political reality. What began as a corporate utopia was ultimately transformed into the Tennessee Valley Authority--one of the most enduring legacies of the New Deal. In Electric City , acclaimed historian Thomas Hager unearths this extraordinary story of ambition, ideology, and the battle between private enterprise and public good. This acclaimed narrative nonfiction is a must-read, praised by the Wall Street Journal as "a well-researched, crisply written account tinged with irony.", During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's "Detroit of the South" would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American society, introducing mass commuting by car, use a new kind of currency called "energy dollars," and have the added benefit (from Ford and Edison's view) of crippling the growth of socialism. The whole audacious scheme almost came off, with Southerners rallying to support what became known as the Ford Plan. But while some saw it as a way to conjure the future and reinvent the South, others saw it as one of the biggest land swindles of all time. They were all true. Electric City is a rich chronicle of the time and the social backdrop, and offers a fresh look at the lives of the two men who almost saw the project to fruition, the forces that came to oppose them, and what rose in its stead: a new kind of public corporation called the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal. This is a history for a wide audience, including readers interested in American history, technology, politics, and the future.
LC Classification Number
HT123
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