The Portable Radio in American Life

Michael Brian Schiffer (Author)
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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.
"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
The Portable Radio in American Life
280 Pages 8.5 x 11 x 0.9
Published: June 1992Paperback ISBN: 9780816512843
Published: April 2022Ebook ISBN: 9780816547685

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