Once Upon a Telephone: An Illustrated Social History

by Emily Gwathmey and Ellen Stock Stern

Book Overview

A study of the telephone chronicles its evolution into contemporary society, its social and historical roles, its symbolism of power, and its place in fashion, and includes a photographic collection... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151000867
• ISBN13: 9780151000869
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Dialing up history

I got this book for my wife but I think I enjoyed at least as much as she did. Well-illustrated, this book has photos, artwork and first-hand experiences throughout the history of the telephone in America. I learned more than a few things in regards to how the telephone has worked in the past. An easy read and a fun book to read through.

Pretty and pretty good.

Stern and Gwathmey do a wonderful job of presenting the history of the telephone, in words and images. There are quite a lot of photos and other pictures, but the overall effect is not crowded. Rather, the book makes the telephone just about as beautiful as it gets.Of course, all those photos make for less room for text. But that which is written brings the history of the telephone, and its effect on societies around the globe, to colorful life