Out of the Dark: A History of Radio and Rural America

by Steve Craig and Professor Steve Craig

In the 1920s, the USDA asked farmers about the impact the new medium of radio was having on their lives. One farmer summed it up this way: "Radio brought me out of the dark."

Out of the Dark is a study of radio's impact on rural America in the three decades between its inception and the arrival of television. The coming of radio broadcasting had a profound impact on the lives of many Americans, but none more so than those who lived in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817316639
• ISBN13: 9780817316631
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"