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The Radio Hobby, Private Associations, and the Challenge of Modernity in Germany (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Radio Hobby, Private Associations, and the Challenge of Modernity in Germany (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
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In the early twentieth century, the magic of radio was new,
revolutionary, and poorly understood. A powerful symbol of
modernity, radio was a site where individuals wrestled and came to
terms with an often frightening wave of new mass technologies.
Radio was the object of scientific investigation, but more
importantly, it was the domain of tinkerers, "hackers," citizen
scientists, and hobbyists. This book shows how this wild and
mysterious technology was appropriated by ordinary individuals in
Germany in the first half of the twentieth century as a leisure
activity. Clubs and hobby organizations became the locus of this
process, providing many of the social structures within which
individuals could come to grips with radio, apart from any media
institution or government framework. In so doing, this book
uncovers the vital but often overlooked social context in which
technological revolutions unfold.
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