The Radio Hobby, Private Associations, and the Challenge of Modernity in Germany

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Campbell, Bruce B. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Θέματα: History, Modern.; Europe, Central-History.; History.; Technology-History.; Civilization-History.; Modern History.; History of Germany and Central Europe.; History of Science.; History of Technology.; Cultural History.

In the early twentieth century, the magic of radio was new, revolutionary, and poorly understood. A powerful symbol of modernity, radio was a site where individuals wrestled and came to terms with an often frightening wave of new mass technologies. Radio was the object of scientific investigation, b...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Beginnings: Radio in the 1920s
• 3. German Radio Before Broadcasting: Scientists, War, and Imperialism
• 4. Technology and the Radio Hobby Mature, 1927-1929
• 5. The Nazification of the Radio Clubs, 1929-1935
• 6. The Radio Hobby in the Service of National Socialism, 1935-1945
• 7. The Radio Hobby Comes in from the Cold, 1945-1955
• 8. Conclusions and Questions.