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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marvin, Carolyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction; 1. Inventing the Expert Technological Literacy as Social Currency; 2. Community and Class Order Progress Close to Home; 3. Locating the Body in Electrical Space and Time Competing Authorities; 4. Dazzling the Multitude Original Media Spectacles; 5. Annihilating Space, Time, and Difference Experiments in Cultural Homogenization; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; E; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; U; W.