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Author Haring, Kristen.

Title Ham radio's technical culture / Kristen Haring.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Inside technology
Inside technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
Contents Identifying with technology, tinkering with technical culture -- The culture of ham radio -- Equipping productive consumers -- Amateurs on the job -- Hobby radio embattled -- Ham radio at home -- Technical change and technical culture.
Summary A history of ham radio culture: how ham radio enthusiasts formed identity and community through their technical hobby, from the 1930s through the Cold War.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Amateur radio stations -- History.
Amateur radio stations.
History.
Radio operators -- United States -- History.
Radio operators.
United States.
Hobbies -- Social aspects.
Hobbies -- Social aspects.
Hobbies.
Indexed Term Technical hobbies
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Haring, Kristen. Ham radio's technical culture. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007 0262083558 9780262083553 (DLC) 2006046597 (OCoLC)70208088
ISBN 9780262274968 (electronic book)
0262274965 (electronic book)
1282097814
9781282097810
0262083558 (alkaline paper)
9780262083553 (alkaline paper)