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The Continuous Wave: Technology and American Radio, 1900-1932

Hugh G. J. Aitken 1985 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9781400854608 (ebook)
  • 9780691083766 (hardcover)
  • 9780691023908 (paper)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • List of Plates (page vii)
  • List of Figures (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Chronology (page xv)
  • ONE: Prologue (page 3)
  • TWO: Fessenden and the Alternator (page 28)
  • THREE: Elwell, Fuller, and the Arc (page 87)
  • FOUR: De Forest and the Audion (page 162)
  • FIVE: Radio, Cables, and the National Interest (page 250)
  • SIX: "An American Radio Company" (page 302)
  • SEVEN: The Formation of RCA. Part 1: Washington and New York (page 355)
  • EIGHT: The Formation of RCA. Part 2: London and Jersey City (page 387)
  • NINE: Expansion and Integration (page 432)
  • TEN: RCA in Transition (page 480)
  • ELEVEN: Epilogue (page 514)
  • APPENDIX: Contract for Establishment of High Power Radio Service (page 563)
  • Index (page 573)
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