American Babel : rogue radio broadcasters of the jazz age
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PN1991.3.U6 D64 2005
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PN1991.3.U6 D64 2005
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | PN1991.3.U6 D64 2005 | On Shelf |
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xi, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-147) and index.
Description
"When American radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s there was a consensus among middle-class opinion makers that the airwaves must never be used for advertising. Even the national advertising industry agreed that the miraculous new medium was destined for higher cultural purposes. And yet, within a decade American broadcasting had become commercialized and has remained so ever since."
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"Much recent scholarship treats this unsought commercialization as a coup, imposed from above by mercenary corporations indifferent to higher public ideals. Such research has focused primarily on metropolitan stations operated by the likes of AT & T, Westinghouse, and General Electric. In American Babel, Clifford J. Doerksen provides a colorful alternative social history centered on an overlooked class of pioneer broadcasters - the independent radio stations."
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"Drawing on a rich array of archives and contemporary print sources, each chapter of American Babel looks at a particular station and the personalities behind the microphone. Doerksen presents this group of independents as an intensely colorful, perpetually interesting lot and weaves their stories into an expansive social and cultural narrative to explain more fully the rise of the commercial network system of the 1930s."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Doerksen, C. J. (2005). American Babel: rogue radio broadcasters of the jazz age . University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doerksen, Clifford John, 1963-. 2005. American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz Age. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doerksen, Clifford John, 1963-. American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz Age Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Doerksen, C. J. (2005). American babel: rogue radio broadcasters of the jazz age. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Doerksen, Clifford John. American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz Age University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
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