Overview
- Offers a history of amateur radio hobby communities in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century
- Examines radio as a site where hobbyists, tinkerers, and other individuals encountered and ultimately assimilated revolutionary technological change
- Appeals to scholars and students of twentieth-century Germany, the history of technology, media studies, and the history of radio
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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“In this book, Campbell demonstrates in a very convincing way how people in Germany integrated new technologies in their daily lives and thus came to terms with a technical modernity between the 1920s and the 1950s. … The book is impressive, putting the development of the radio hobby in the context of societal, technological, political, and economic changes during an important period of changeful German history—a must-read for understanding the genesis of today’s mobile and connected society.” (Christian Henrich-Franke, Technology and Culture, Vol. 62 (2), April, 2021)
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Book Title: The Radio Hobby, Private Associations, and the Challenge of Modernity in Germany
Authors: Bruce B. Campbell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26534-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26533-5Published: 08 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26536-6Published: 08 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26534-2Published: 18 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 369
Topics: Modern History, History of Germany and Central Europe, History of Science, History of Technology, Cultural History