| History of Telecommunications Technology: An Annotated Bibliography Contributor(s): Sterling, Christopher H. (Author), Shiers, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810837811 ISBN-13: 9780810837812 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $143.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2000 Annotation: Focusing substantially on work done in and about Britain, the United States and allied countries, History of Telecommunications Technology is designed to be a road map to an expanding historical literature about a fast-changing field. Extensive name and title indexes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Technology & Engineering |
| Dewey: 016.621 |
| LCCN: 00024823 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.79" W x 8.62" (1.20 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: *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. |