Please stand by : a prehistory of television

Author(s)

• Ritchie, Michael

Bibliographic Information

Please stand by : a prehistory of television

Michael Ritchie

Overlook Press, 1995, c1994

Note

"First paperback published in the United States in 1995" -- T.p verso

Bibliography: p. 237-239

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA30628688
• ISBN:
  • 0879516151
• LCCN: 94019089
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Woodstock, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 247 p., [48] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TK6637
  • DC20 : 791.45/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Television -- History
  • LCSH : Television -- Production and direction -- History
  • LCSH : Television programs -- History