Paul Israel (historian)

Paul B. Israel 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.

Books

Israel's books include:

From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830–1920
Edison: A Life of Invention
Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention

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
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 2: From Workshop to Laboratory, June 1873–March 1876
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 3: Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876–December 1877
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 4: The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 5: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879–March 1881
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 6: Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881–March 1883
''The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, Vol. 7: Losses and Loyalties, April 1883–December 1884''