The Portable Radio in American Life
Michael Brian Schiffer
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Description
In this fascinating history of the portable radio, Michael Schiffer shows how this invention is as American as apple pie. Along the way, he tells how technology has responded to consumer preference, how corporate "cryptohistory" has made us believe the Japanese invented the radio, and how the spread of the portable radio mirrors that of other technologies. More than 400 photographs make this book both a definitive resource and a delightful browse.
Product Details
Price
$32.00
$29.76
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Publish Date
June 01, 1992
Pages
280
Dimensions
8.54 X 10.98 X 0.85 inches | 1.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780816512843
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About the Author
Michael Brian Schiffer is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Laboratory of Traditional Technology at the University of Arizona, where he has taught since 1975. Born in 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he grew up in Los Angeles. He was educated in anthropology and archaeology at UCLA (B.A., 1969) and the University of Arizona (M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1973). Schiffer has taken part in archaeological field projects in California, Arizona, Arkansas, Chile and Cyprus but is best known for his many and diverse contributions to archaeological method and theory. Especially important have been his writings on behavioral archaeology and on the formation processes of the archaeological record.
Reviews
"Schiffer has melded the hobbyist and archaeologist. . . . As a work of social history, The Portable Radio in American Life is eminently worthwhile."--USA Today "Schiffer has a breezy writing style, which makes a book that could have been deadly into something amusing and enjoyable."--Past Times
