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Tools of their tools : communications technologies and American cultural practice / edited by Grzegorz Kość and Krzysztof Majer

Kość, Grzegorz, 1971- ; Majer, Krzysztof

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

Online Ressource (330 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Tools of their tools. - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2009 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-4438-0978-8 ; 1-4438-0978-0

978-1-4438-0978-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-4438-0978-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-4438-1141-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-4438-1141-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-4438-0978-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-4438-0978-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 595320723 (aus SWB)     

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The book explores the role of communication technologies in American cultural practice over the last 150 years. Communication technologies are here understood to include audio and visual reproduction technologies, analogue telecommunications such as tradi