History of Telecommunications Technology
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-3781-2 (ISBN)
*Featuring more than 2,500 annotated bibliographic entries that trace the history of major telecommunications technologies over the past 175 years. *Focusing substantially on work done in and about Britain, the United States and allied countries, it is designed to be a road map to an expanding historical literature about a fast-changing field. Extensive name and title indexes. *Chapters cover general reference works, serial publications, general surveys, institutional and company histories, biographies of inventors and scientists, telegraphy, telephony, electromagnetic waves, radio, electroacoustics and recording, electron tubes and solid state devices, television, newer media technologies (cable and digital services), mobile/satellite/fiber transmission/Internet, and selected telecommunications history sites on the Internet. *Offering, as a special guide for collectors, as complete a chronological listing as possible of the pioneering English-language books on different telecommunications services.
George Shiers (1908-1983) was a California-based technical freelance author with several books and a host of telecommunications technology history articles to his credit. Christopher H. Sterling is a member of the George Washington University faculty, editor of Communication Booknotes Quarterly and more than a dozen books including Stay Tuned: A Concise HIstory of American Broadcasting .
Part 1 Introduction Part 2 General Reference Works Part 3 Serial Publications Part 4 General Surveys Part 5 Institutional and Company Histories Part 6 Biography: Inventors, Scientists, and Engineers Part 7 Telegraphy Part 8 Telephony Part 9 Electromagnetic Waves Part 10 Radio Part 11 Electroacoustics and Recording Part 12 Electron Tubes and Solid State Devices Part 13 Television Part 14 Newer Media Technologies Part 15 Transmission: Mobile, Satellite, Fiber Optic, and the Internet Part 16 Telecommunications History on the Internet Part 17 Name Index Part 18 Title Index Part 19 About the Authors
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.7.2000 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 562 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8108-3781-1 / 0810837811 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-3781-2 / 9780810837812 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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