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When old technologies were new : thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century /
In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores howtwo of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the nineteenth century holds a special place, for it was during this period that the telephone, phonograph, electric light, wireless, and cinema were all invented. In When old Technologies Were New, Carolyn Marvin explores howtwo of these new inventions--the telephone and the electric light--were publicly envisioned at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen in specialized engineering journals and popular media. Marvin pays particular attention to the telephone, describing how it disrupted established socialrelations, unsettl. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (269 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198021384 0198021380 9780195063417 0195063414 0195044681 9780195044683 1280524790 9781280524790 9786610524792 6610524793 |