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America calling : a social history of the telephone to 1940 / Claude S. Fischer.

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Publisher's description: The telephone looms large in our lives, as ever present in modern societies as cars and television. Claude Fischer presents the first social history of this vital but little-studied technology--how we encountered, tested, and ultimately embraced it with enthusiasm. Usin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischer, Claude S., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992]
Subjects:
Telephone > Social aspects > United States > History.
Teléfono > Aspectos sociales > Estados Univods > Historia.
Comunicacao de massa.
Telefonia.
Telefonie.
Sociale aspecten.
Téléphone > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Telefon.
Sozialgeschichte.
Télécommunications > Aspect social.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Technology and modern life
  • Telephone in America
  • Educating the public
  • Telephone spreads : national patterns
  • Telephone spreads : local patterns
  • Becoming commonplace
  • Local attachment, 1890-1940
  • Personal calls, personal meanings
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Bibliographic essay
  • Appendix B. Statistical analyses of telephone and automobile distribution
  • Appendix C. Telephone subscription among Iowa farmers, 1924
  • Appendix D. Summary of expenditure studies by household income or occupation
  • Appendix E. The 1918-1919 cost of living study
  • Appendix F. Who had the telephone when?
  • Appendix G. Analysis of advertisement data
  • Appendix H. Statistical analyses for Chapter 7.

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