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The Body Electric : How Strange Machines Built the Modern American.

Between the years 1850 and 1950, Americans became the leading energy consumers on the planet, expending tremendous physical resources on energy exploration, mental resources on energy exploitation, and monetary resources on energy acquisition. A unique combination of pseudoscientific theories of hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De la Pena, Carolyn Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Colección:American history and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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