
Please Stand By
A Prehistory of Television
Michael Ritchie(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 1. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-87951-615-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Prehistory of Television ...like television at its best; lively, informative, accessible and marvellously entertaining.' - Washington Post This fascinating work looks at the pioneer beginnings of TV - the medium which perhaps more than any other has defined and changed the 20th century. Covering the period 1920-1948, it deals with the inventors and pioneers, the first soaps and newscasts and although predominantly looks at the US, also covers British & European develoments'
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
621 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87951-615-4 (9780879516154)
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