The Portable Radio in American Life

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The Portable Radio in American Life

Author	: Michael Brian Schiffer
File Size	: 51,6 Mb
Publisher	: University of Arizona Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 19 April 2022
ISBN	: 9780816547685
Pages	: 281 pages

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The Portable Radio in American Life by Michael Brian Schiffer Book PDF Summary

In this fascinating history of the portable radio, Michael Schiffer shows how this invention is as American as apple pie. Along the way, he tells how technology has responded to consumer preference, how corporate "cryptohistory" has made us believe the Japanese invented the radio, and how the spread of the portable radio mirrors that of other technologies. More than 400 photographs make this book both a definitive resource and a delightful browse.

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