In his book Chromophobia published in 2000, David Batchelor says that in Western culture,
color has often been treated as corrupting, foreign or superficial.
In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris Installation,
was brought back to the US to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla be brought to the US as well.
In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation,
was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla be brought to the US as well.