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Portable radio in american life book - photos, etc.
THE PORTABLE RADIO IN AMERICAN LIFE
A valuable resource for collectors, nostalgia buffs,
and those interested in popular culture and technology .
A serious, thoroughly documented, well-researched,
Thoughtful and intelligently written study.
That portable radios were first envisioned in 1890 in science fiction?
That the first boom boxes were made in the 1920s?
That personal portables first appeared in the 1940s?
That the first transistor radio was manufactured in Indianapolis, not Tokyo?
Published by The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona
Measures approx 8 1/2 w x 11 tall x 7/8 thick
Contains 259 pages full of photographs and information, not including about 10 pages of index and Preface.
No tears, bends, writing, other than what s listed below, and no odor.
Previous owners name is on the first page after front cover.
Author s signature in on the second page.
Please be aware that this book will be sent via Media mail which will take longer than First Class or Priority mail, but is much less expensive.
