Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America

by Mark H. Rose

Book Overview

Cities of Light and Heat takes us to Kansas City and Denver during the late nineteenth century when gas and electricity were introduced to these "instant cities" of the west. With rich detail, Mark Rose shows how the new technology spread during the next century from a few streets and businesses within the city limits to countless private homes in the suburbs. In Kansas City and Denver, as in most communities throughout the U.S., business executives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271013494
• ISBN13: 9780271013497
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"