EMPIRES OF LIGHT by Jill Jonnes is a 416 page history book. There are 16 pages of black & white photographs. Generally, the book is written at the level of a 16 year old. On the other hand, a couple of the chapters in this book cannot be understood without taking a college class in corporate business or financing. Also, for full appreciation of the book, you need to take a short course in electronics. The writing is not thorny or difficult or mannered. The cast of characters includes J. P. Morgan, Elisha Gray, Michael Faraday, and a handful of others. Elisha Gray was the inventor of the telephone. To learn more about Gray and his competitor, Alexander Bell, I recommend another fine book, THE TELEPHONE PATENT CONSPIRACY OF 1876 by A. E. Evenson. I also recommend, THE GATE:THE TRUE STORY OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, by Van Der Zee, which takes the same integrative approach in weaving together the relationships between corporate engineers, engineers
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This book explained a lot to me. I selected over AC/DC based upon the reviews. I wasn’t disappointed. Buy it, reading it, enjoy it.
Its fascinating to imagine the world as electricity was coming into its own. And then there’s the reality.
This book offers a perspective rarely seen of someone we consider a major American icon, and two others we all know were important but, unfortunately, often can’t remember why.
Living in Pittsburgh, I of course know the legend of George Westinghouse — but most of my knowledge is of the more recent divestiture of his amazing company after years of mismanagement. I have to say I was pleased to find that while he was a Gilded Age industrialist — perhaps with many of the characteristics that label implies — his goals and intentions for his products, as well as his sportsmanly handling in many ways of Edison’s ridiculous and often atrocious behavior, were quite noble.
I was shocked to learn more about Edison — our most celebrated inventor — particularly his tunnel vision and ruthlessness in preserving his self-decided reign over a technology that had more to offer society than any one man could take credit for. Condoning Brown’s dog experiements with AC was sick enough — to hear that he promoted the development of the electric chair simply to get a leg up on his competition (Westinghouse)was truly sad.
As a publicist, I find Jonnes descriptions of information, disinformation and yellow journalism paint a picture of Gilded Age America steeped in lessons we should have learned long ago about news, business and the legends of American icons.
Well worth the read for anyone who loves to find those places where history repeats itself over and over again.
Empire of Lights is the story of the quest to conquer the American Electric Industry. Thomas Edison, Nicholas Tesla, George Westinghouse are all giants in their own right with great accomplishments and life stories to fill up many books. It should be no surprise that when
they come together, they end up altering the way humans live. Edison the experimenter, who invents stuff by relentlessly tring out many things vs Tesla the theoretician with visionary dreams; Edison the all-controlling boss who loves the spotlight vs George Westinghouse a generous boss under whom Tesla flourished. Students of Electrical Engineering with poor grades can feel a little better ; even the great Edison failed to understand the significance and utility of the AC distribution system championed by
George Westinghouse and Tesla. This book may infact enhance the understanding of modern day students by providing perspective on the drawbacks of the DC system and benefits/challenges in implementing an AC system. In a way, the war of the electric currents is similar to the arguments between the coal and nuclear industry of today. The AC current was portrayed as a deadly form of electricity totally unsafe for human use. The Electric industry of late 19th century was lucky that it didnt have to suffer major liability lawsuits for fatal injuries. It will be interesting to see if the Nuclear Industry can overcome the fear in the minds of the people.