| Description |
xxix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; [new ser., no. 9]
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser., no. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 323-354. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Marconi and the America's cup : the making of an inventor-hero, 1899 -- 2. Competition over wireless technology : the inventor's struggles for technical distinction, 1899-1903 -- 3. The visions and business realities of the inventors, 1899-1905 -- 4. Wireless telegraphy in the new navy, 1899-1906 -- 5. Inventors as entrepreneurs : success and failure in the wireless business, 1906-1912 -- 6. Popular culture and populist technology : the amateur operators, 1906-1912 -- 7. The Titanic disaster and the first radio regulation, 1910-1912 -- 8. The rise of military and corporate control, 1912-1919 -- 9. The social construction of American broadcasting, 1912-1922 |
| Subject |
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History.
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Radio broadcasting. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Radio -- United States -- History.
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Radio. |
| Indexed Term |
United States Radio broadcasting, to 1922 |
| Subject |
Radiodiffusion -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
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Radio -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
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Radio. |
| ISBN |
0801833876 alkaline paper |
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9780801833878 alkaline paper |
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