Across the waves : how the United States and France shaped the international age of radio

Across the waves how the United States and France shaped the international age of radio

"This book is the first comparative history of 20th-century U.S.-French radio broadcasting and its consequences for cultural politics and international/global communication. As U.S. electronics firms raced into Europe, a succession of French governments cautiously participated in U.S.-French br...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vaillant, Derek, author (author), McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952- editor (editor), Nerone, John C., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press 2017.
Series:History of communication.
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century.
Radio broadcasting > France > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009754398006719
Table of Contents:
  • At the speed of sound : techno-aesthetic paradigms in U.S.-French broadcasting, 1925-39
  • We won't always have Paris : U.S. networks in France and Europe, 1932-41
  • Voices of the Occupation : U.S. broadcasting to France during World War II
  • Served on a platter : how French radio cracked the U.S. airwaves
  • The air of Paris : women's talk radio, gender, and the art of self-fashioning
  • The drama of broadcast history after May 1968.

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