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Empire of the Air; The Men Who Made Radio
by Lewis, Tom
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0060182156
- ISBN 13
- 9780060182151
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New York: Edward Burlingame Books (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), 1991. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 24 cm. vii, [3], , 421, [1] pages. Illustrations. Sources and notes. Selected bibliography. Index. The author was a professor of English at Skidmore College. He had worked with Ken Burns of Florentine Films on documentaries including Empires of the Air, a film based on this book (which earned an Emmy nomination). Three American visionaries (Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff) whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyists' toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Empire of the Air uncovers the almost unknown story of the creation of radio. It is a story of pioneering technology, of the American entrepreneurial spirit, and of the tragic collision between the corporation and the lone inventor. Published in conjunction with the PBS documentary.
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- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45536
- Title
- Empire of the Air; The Men Who Made Radio
- Author
- Lewis, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0060182156
- ISBN 13
- 9780060182151
- Publisher
- Edward Burlingame Books (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Communications, Electronics, RCA, AT&T, WW1, Westinghouse, CBS, Radio, Lee de Forest, David Sarnoff, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Broadcasting, FCC, General Electric, Radio Engineers, Charles Jolliffe, Marconi, Philco, Radio Corporation, Westinghouse
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