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Author:   Hugh R. Slotten (University of Otago)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780801864506

ISBN 10:   080186450
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   14 December 2000
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Engineering Public Policy for Radio: Herbert Hoover, the Department of Commerce, and the Broadcast Boom, 1900–1927 Chapter 2. Radio Engineers, the Federal Radio Commission, and the Social Shaping of Broadcast Technology: ""Creating Radio Paradise,"" 1927–1934 Chapter 3. Competition for Standards: Television Broadcasting, Commercialization, and Technical Expertise, 1928–1941 Chapter 4. ""Rainbow in the Sky"": FM Radio, Technical Superiority, and Regulatory Decision Making, 1936–1948 Chapter 5. VHF and UHF: Establishing a Nationwide Television System, 1945–1960 Chapter 6. Competition for Color-Television Standards: Formulating Policy for Technological Innovation, 1946–1960 Epilogue Notes Note on Secondary Sources Index"

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<p> The depiction of the manifold tensions that exist between technocratic and nontechnocratic views concerning the function of public policy institutions infuse the book's narrative with a freshness and originality that make it a welcome and valuable addition to what has been an otherwise lackluster list of titles typically more intent on describing the rules and regulations that govern broadcast media than in examining their revealing and illuminating origins. -- Michael C. Keith, Historian

<p>[ Radio and Television Regulation ] is a solidly grounded scholarship of the highest quality.--Jeremy Harris Lipschultz Journal of Radio Studies

Author Information

Hugh R. Slotten is a postdoctoral fellow in the History of Science Department at Harvard University. He is the author of Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science.

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