Blue skies : a history of cable television /
Blue Skies is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Patrick Parsons writes about the early days of cable--they go back farther than most people know--and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth cent...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; 1 The Evolution of a Revolution (Origins-1930s); 2 Pioneering Efforts (1930s-1952); 3 Mom 'n' Pop Business (1951-1958); 4 Abel Cable Goes to Washington (1950-1960); 5 Cable's New Frontier (1960-1966); 6 The Wired Nation (1966-1972); 7 The Cable Fable (1972-1975); 8 The Phoenix (1975-1980); 9 Cablemania (1980-1984); 10 The Cable Boom (1985-1992); 11 The Cable Cosa Nostra (1986-1992); 12 500 Channels (1992-1996); 13 "What's Gonna Be Next?" (1997-2005); Appendices; Notes; Index.