Marc Raboy

Marconi

The Man Who Networked the World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A biography that traces the origins and emergence of global communication through the life and career of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 888
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1405g
• ISBN-13: 9780199313587
• ISBN-10: 019931358X
• Artikelnr.: 43042600

Autorenporträt

Marc Raboy is Professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University

Inhaltsangabe

PART I THE PRODIGY
Chapter One: Bologna: Beginnings
Chapter Two: Priority and Detractors
Chapter Three: London: Start-up
Chapter 4: The Magician
Chapter Five: New York: New Frontiers
Chapter Six: Love and Imperialism
Chapter Seven: The Upstart Technology
Chapter Eight: "The Great Thing"
Chapter Nine: Newfoundland: The World Shrinks
PART II THE PLAYER
Chapter Ten: Corralling the Brand
Chapter Eleven: Regulation
Chapter Twelve: Marriage
Chapter Thirteen: A Life in Litigation
Chapter Fourteen: The Marconi Aura
Chapter Fifteen: A New World Order
Chapter Sixteen: On the Way to Somewhere
Chapter Seventeen: The Perfect Laureate
PART III THE PATRIOT
Chapter Eighteen: The Godsend
Chapter Nineteen: Signals of War
Chapter Twenty: Wireless and Disaster
Chapter Twenty-One: "The Marconi Scandal"
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Invisible Weapon
Chapter Twenty-Three: "L'eroe magico"
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Statesman
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Spark
PART IV THE OUTSIDER
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Master of the House
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Beam Indenture
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Radio
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Merger
cc Chapter Thirty: The Anchor
PART V THE CONFORMIST
Chapter Thirty-One: A Servant of the Regime
Chapter Thirty-Two: Science and Fascism
Chapter Thirty-Three: "Your Every Wish Is My Command"
Chapter Thirty-Four: Controlling His Legacy
Chapter Thirty-Five: The Heritage
Chapter Thirty-Six: He Only Cared About Wireless . . .
Postscript
Acknowledgements
Sources and Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index