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001 2014030858
003 DLC
005 20150708082659.0
008 140804s2014 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014030858
020 $a9780786496242 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781476617404 (ebook)
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050 00 $aTK6383$b.S44 2014
082 00 $a363.25/2$223
100 1 $aSegrave, Kerry,$d1944-
245 10 $aWiretapping and electronic surveillance in America, 1862-1920 /$cKerry Segrave.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $av, 223 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
505 0 $aThe Civil War -- Stealing electricity -- Worries about privacy -- Wiretapping the bookies -- Wiretapping the markets : stocks, commodities and bucket shops -- Wiretapping other businesses -- Wiretapping labor -- Wiretapping : other crimes and personal use -- Wiretapping : politics, laws, and police -- Dictograph : the first bug.
520 $a"Americans have come to realize that many of us may be under surveillance at any time. It all started 150 years ago on the battlefields of the Civil War, where each side tapped the other's telegraph lines. In 1895 the NYPD began to tap telephone lines. In 1910 the dictograph arrived, making electronic surveillance easier still"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aWiretapping$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWiretapping$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aElectronic surveillance$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPrivacy, Right of$zUnited States.