Paul Israel (historian)
American historian (born 1953)
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Paul B. Israel (born 1953)[1] is an American historian who is a specialist in the history of American invention and innovation. He is the director and general editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University.[2][3]
Books
Israel's books include:
- From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830–1920 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992)[4]
- Edison: A Life of Invention (Wiley, 1998)[5]
- Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention (with Robert Friedel, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)[6]
He is the co-editor, variously with Thomas E. Jeffrey, Robert A. Rosenberg, Keith A. Nier, Louis Carlat, and Martha J. King, of:
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, A Selective Microfilm Edition: Part 1 (1850–1878) (University Publications of America, 1984)[7]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 2: From Workshop to Laboratory, June 1873–March 1876 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991)[8]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 3: Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876–December 1877 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994)[9]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 4: The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)[10]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 5: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879–March 1881 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)[11]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 6: Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881–March 1883 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)[12]
- The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 7: Losses and Loyalties, April 1883–December 1884 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011)[13]
