Television in the Age of Radio: Modernity, Imagination, and the Making of a Medium

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Television in the Age of Radio Television in the Age of Radio Modernity, Imagination, and the Making of a Medium PHILIP W. SEWELL RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Sewell, Philip W., 1970– Television in the age of radio : modernity, imagination, and the making of a medium / Philip W. Sewell. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6270–4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6269–8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6271–1 (e-book) 1. Television broadcasting—Social aspects—United States. 2. Television broadcasting—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. PN1992.3.U5S45 2013 302.23'450973—dc23 2013010365 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2014 by Philip W. Sewell All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For Virgil and tinkerers of all eras ...