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The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone

byThomas Hazlett

government’s regulation of the airwaves Popular legend has it that before the Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927, the radio spectrum was in chaos, with broadcasting stations blasting powerful signals to drown out rivals. Using archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events, The Political Spectrum moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing The Political Spectrum within business & economics and history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

401

ISBN

9780300210507