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　　In this amazing story of high stakes competition between two

titans, Richard Moran shows how the electric chair developed not

out of the desire to be more humane but through an effort by one

nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other.

In 1882, Thomas Edison ushered in the “age of electricity” when

he illuminated Manhattan’s Pearl Street with his direct current

(DC) system. Six years later, George Westinghouse lit up Buffalo

with his less expensive alternating current (AC). The two men

quickly became locked in a fierce rivalry, made all the more

complicated by a novel new application for their product: the

electric chair. When Edison set out to persuade the state of New

York to use Westinghouse’s current to execute condemned criminals,

Westinghouse fought back in court, attempting to stop the first

electrocution and keep AC from becoming the “executioner’s

current.” In this meticulously researched account of the ensuing

legal battle and the horribly botched first execution, Moran raises

disturbing questions not only about electrocution, but about about

our society’s tendency to rely on new technologies to answer moral

questions.

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　　Richard Moran is professor of sociology at Mount Holyoke

College and the author of Knowing Right from Wrong: The Insanity

Defense of Daniel McNaughtan and numerous articles and reviews.

He has also served as a commentator for National Public Radio’s

Morning Edition and written op-eds for the Boston Globe,

Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago

Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Newsweek,

and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in South Hadley,

Massachusetts.

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媒体评论

　　?Fascinating and provocative. . . . Moran skillfully used the

story of the creation of the electric chair to illustrate the

brutal clash between Edison and Westinghouse.? ?Washington Post

Book World

　　?Fascinating. . . . Moran conclusively shows that Edison hoped to

discredit alternating current--by associating it in the public mind

with death--and advance his own direct current." ?Los Angeles

Times

　　"Chilling. . . . A 'Coke-versus-Pepsi' story as if told by

Stephen King. . . . A macabre jolt of history." ?Chicago

Sun-Times

　　?A remarkable account. . . . A fantastic tale, well told.?

?Forbes

　　?[An] engaging analysis of the relationship between electrocution

and the personal and corporate battles waged between Edison and

Westinghouse.? ?Louis P. Masur, Chicago Tribune

　　?Richard Moran shows us not only how the death penalty in America

affects condemned prisoners, but also how it is used by powerful

interests in our society to further their own political and

economic ends. . . . Five stars, and three cheers, for Professor

Moran!? ?Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

　　?Riveting. . . . Moran [has a] lively reportorial style. . . . In

this narrative of callous ambition and hypocrisy, a condemned

criminal plays an unexpectedly dignified role.? ?Seattle

Weekly

　　"Compelling. . . . Reads like pages torn from today's headlines

about nefarious CEOs and corporate greed." ?Albany Times

Union

　　?Haunting?. Incisive? A chilling look at something that has

become a too-common theme of modern times: the use of technology to

develop new ways of killing.? ?Roanoke Times

　　?An eye-opening and riveting account of the battle for the future

of electricity and the part that played in changing the technology

of execution.? ?Wilmington Sunday News Journal -- Review

书籍介绍

In this amazing story of high stakes competition between two titans, Richard Moran shows how the electric chair developed not out of the desire to be more humane but through an effort by one nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other.

In 1882, Thomas Edison ushered in the “age of electricity” when he illuminated Manhattan’s Pearl Street with his direct current (DC) system. Six years later, George Westinghouse lit up Buffalo with his less expensive alternating current (AC). The two men quickly became locked in a fierce rivalry, made all the more complicated by a novel new application for their product: the electric chair. When Edison set out to persuade the state of New York to use Westinghouse’s current to execute condemned criminals, Westinghouse fought back in court, attempting to stop the first electrocution and keep AC from becoming the “executioner’s current.” In this meticulously researched account of the ensuing legal battle and the horribly botched first execution, Moran raises disturbing questions not only about electrocution, but about about our society’s tendency to rely on new technologies to answer moral questions.