Barnouw, A Tower in Babel, History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933

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Barnouw, Erik - A Tower in Babel, A History of Broadcasting in the United States, Volume I, to 1933
With Dust Jacket
Oxford University Press, New York, 1966 (Second Printing 1969)
"This, the first of three volumes, is the beginning of the story of how radio and television became an integral of American life – of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion and international affairs"
Here is another FIND from one of my over 500 boxes of books, ephemera and just stuff. It took 60+ years to accumulate these treasures, and each week, I retrieve a dozen or so boxes from my storage units and post some selected items on eBay.
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Barnouw
begins with Marconi's work in wireless, and continues with "ham" operators' contributions, the revelations of WWI as to the possibilities of radio, and the
establishment
of radio broadcasting stations as both a business and entertainment.
See photos 3 & 4 (showing the Preface and Contents) for the coverage of this great book on radio history.
Good condition with dust jacket. 344 pages with numerous illustrations. Dust jacket has some wear and a tear at the front fold. The book has an inscription on the front paste down, see Photo 10. The title text is embossed in gold on the cover and spine. Pages and photos appear clean except for occasional green underlining, see Photo 9.
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I'll be posting these classic radio history books over the next several days. DISCOUNT
DEAL: Win any two of these = 10% discount. Win any three or more = 20% discount. Shipping combined.
Archer, Gleason L. - History of Radio to 1926 (1938)
Archer, Gleason L. - Big Business and Radio (1939)
Barnouw, Erik - A Tower in Babel, A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933 (1966)
Barnouw, Erik - The Golden Web, A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933 - 1953 (1968)
Barnouw, Erik - The Image Empire, A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970)
Harlow, Alvin F. - Old Wires and New Waves (1936)
Banning, William Peck - Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer, The WEAF Experiment, 1922-1926 (WEAF became WNBC in 1946) (1946)
Fagen, M. D. - A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System, The Early Years (1875-1925) (1975)
Fagen, M. D. - A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System, National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975) (1978)
These books are a MUST in any radio collector's library!
These books are selected from from my book collection and will be great additions to your collection.
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