History of Telecommunications Technology An

Focusing substantially on work done in and about Britain, the United States and allied countries, History of Telecommunications Technology is designed to be a road map to an expanding historical literature about a fast-changing field. Extensive name and title indexes.

Christopher H. Sterling is a professor of media and public affairs, and of telecommunication, at George Washington University, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs in the arts and sciences. George Shiers (1908-1983) authored the Scarecrow book on which this one is based: Bibliography of the History of Electronics (1972).

Introduction

vii

General Reference Works

1

(14)

Bibliographies

1

(5)

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

6

(1)

Directories of Archives, Libraries, and Museums

7

(1)

Chronologies

8

(3)

Statistics

11

(3)

Atlases

14

(1)

Serial Publications

15

(18)

Guides to Periodicals

15

(2)

Indexes to Periodical Literature

17

(1)

Periodicals---General

18

(5)

Periodicals---Electrical and Telecommunications

23

(10)

General Surveys

33

(24)

Electricity and Electrical Engineering

33

(2)

The Process of Invention and Patents

35

(2)

Telecommunications

37

(5)

Electronic Media

42

(1)

Foreign Telecommunications Systems

43

(2)

International Telecommunications

45

(4)

Military Telecommunications

49

(5)

Maritime and Naval Telecommunications

54

(3)

Institutional And Company Histories

57

(36)

Reference Resources

58

(1)

Government Bodies

59

(5)

Electronics/Telecommunications Industry Surveys

64

(3)

Societies and Institutions

67

(4)

Specific Companies---U.S.

71

(12)

Specific Companies---Foreign

83

(10)

Biography: Inventors, Scientists, And Engineers

93

(30)

General Biographical Reference

93

(2)

Collected Telecommunications Biography

95

(3)

Individuals

98

(25)

Telegraphy

123

(30)

Contemporary Books on Telegraphy (1823-1895)

123

(11)

Later Telegraphy Works (1896-1950)

134

(2)

Modern Histories of U.S. Land Telegraphy

136

(2)

Foreign Telegraphy Systems

138

(5)

Contemporary Books on Submarine Telegraphy (1855-1905)

143

(6)

Modern Histories of Submarine Telegraphy and Telephony

149

(3)

Vintage Telegraphy Collectibles

152

(1)

Telephony

153

(22)

Contemporary Books on Telephony (1877-1907)

153

(5)

Later Telephony Works (1908-1950)

158

(3)

Modern Histories of U.S. Telephony

161

(3)

U.S. Regional Telephony Histories

164

(2)

Foreign Telephony Systems

166

(4)

Submarine Telephony

170

(1)

Video Telephony and Teleconferecing

171

(1)

Vintage Telephony

172

(3)

Electromagetic Waves

175

(8)

Modern Histories

175

(1)

Observations and Experiments to 1900

176

(1)

Developments after 1901

177

(2)

Microwaves

179

(1)

Spectrum Management

180

(3)

Radio

183

(24)

Contemporary Works on Wireless (1892-1908)

183

(5)

Wireless and Radio (1909-1925)

188

(7)

Survey Histories

195

(4)

Radio and Broadcasting after 1925

199

(3)

Circuits and Patents

202

(2)

Vintage Radios

204

(3)

Electroacoustics And Recording

207

(16)

General Surveys

207

(2)

Phonographs

209

(3)

Electronic/Magnetic Audio Recording

212

(2)

Motion Picture Sound

214

(3)

Stereo Sound and Recording

217

(1)

Video Recording

218

(2)

Video Disc and Cassette Recorders

220

(3)

Electron Tubes And Solid State Devices

223

(10)

General Surveys

223

(2)

Developments to 1920

225

(1)

Developments after 1920

226

(2)

Cathode-Ray Tubes

228

(1)

Microwave Tubes

229

(1)

Solid-State Devices

230

(3)

Television

233

(18)

Contemporary Books on Television (1924-1939)

233

(7)

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