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001 2012405824
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008 120809s2009 njuab b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aNebeker, Frederik.
245 10 $aDawn of the electronic age :$belectrical technologies in the shaping of the modern world, 1914 to 1945 /$cFrederik Nebeker.
260 $aPiscataway, NJ :$bIEEE ;$aHoboken, N.J. :$bWiley,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 536 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 479-511) and index.
505 0 $aThe Great War and wireless communications -- Electrical technologies in total war -- Electrification in the interwar period -- The Jazz Age and radio broadcasting -- Postwar recovery and the Great Depression : electrical technologies in industry and commerce -- Electrical technologies and the consumer culture -- Communication technologies in democratic and totalitarian countries -- Electrical engineering in an age of science -- World War II and electrical technology -- Radar, the weapon that decided the war -- Conclusion : dawn of the electronic age.
520 $a"Much of the infrastructure of today's industrialized world arose in the period from the outbreak of World War I to the conclusion of World War II. It was during these years that the capabilities of traditional electrical engineering--generators, power transmission, motors, electric lighting and heating, home appliances, and so on--became ubiquitous. Even more importantly, it was during this time that a new type of electrical engineering--electronics--emerged. Because of its applications in communications (both wire-based and wireless), entertainment (notably radio, the phonograph, and sound movies), industry, science and medicine, and the military, the electronics industry became a major part of the economy. Dawn of the Electronic Age explores how this engineering knowledge and its main applications developed in various scientific, economic, and social contexts, and explains how each was profoundly affected by electrical technologies. It takes an international perspective and a narrative approach, unfolding the story chronologically."--P. 4 of cover.
650 0 $aElectrical engineering$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aElectrification$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aElectric apparatus and appliances$xHistory$y20th century.
650 07 $aElektrotechnik$2swd
650 07 $aElektrizität$2swd
650 07 $aTechnologie$2swd
650 07 $aElektrifizierung$2swd
648 7 $aGeschichte 1914-1945$2swd
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012405824-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012405824-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012405824-t.html