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Hardcover America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940 Book

ISBN: 0520079337

ISBN13: 9780520079335

America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940

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'In his study of the telephone in American society, Fishcer confronts the most significant, but also the most difficult, question we can ask about a new technology--what differences did it make in the lives of its users?'Roland Marchand

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Technology in the modern age

By using the telephone as a case study, Fischer examines the role of technology as an instrument in modern life. The first chapter provides a terrific overview of the academic literature on technology, though given the time span covered by the book, it does not address the Internet. The book is also unusual in that it actually relies on data when making claims about the telephone and the world that emerged around it.
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