Electric City: How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Tried to Build Utopia and Instead Created Our World
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Thomas Hager., & Thomas Hager|AUTHOR. (2021). Electric City: How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Tried to Build Utopia and Instead Created Our World . Abrams.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thomas Hager and Thomas Hager|AUTHOR. 2021. Electric City: How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Tried to Build Utopia and Instead Created Our World. Abrams.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thomas Hager and Thomas Hager|AUTHOR. Electric City: How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Tried to Build Utopia and Instead Created Our World Abrams, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thomas Hager, and Thomas Hager|AUTHOR. Electric City: How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Tried to Build Utopia and Instead Created Our World Abrams, 2021.
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Full title | electric city the lost history of ford and edisons american utopia |
Author | hager thomas |
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