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. Using telephone ads, oral histories, telephone industry correspondence, and statistical data, Fischer's work is a colorful exploration of how, when, and why Americans started communicating in this radically new manner. Studying three California communities, Fischer uncovers how the telephone became integrated into the private worlds and community activities of average Americans in the first decades of this century. Women were especially avid in their use, a phenomenon which the industry first vigorously discouraged and then later wholeheartedly promoted. Again and again Fischer finds that the telephone supported a wide-ranging network of social relations and played a crucial role in community life, especially for women, from organizing children's relationships and church activities to alleviating the loneliness and boredom of rural life. Deftly written and meticulously researched, "America Calling" adds an important new chapter to the social history of our nation and illuminates a fundamental aspect of cultural modernism that is integral to contemporary life.
發表於2024-11-28
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Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century seemed to quickly take the technology for granted, as a "anonymous object". There was little serious controversy about the telephone, unlike the automobile, compared to which the telephone left little lasting impression on the consciousness of Americans.
評分Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century seemed to quickly take the technology for granted, as a "anonymous object". There was little serious controversy about the telephone, unlike the automobile, compared to which the telephone left little lasting impression on the consciousness of Americans.
評分Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century seemed to quickly take the technology for granted, as a "anonymous object". There was little serious controversy about the telephone, unlike the automobile, compared to which the telephone left little lasting impression on the consciousness of Americans.
評分Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century seemed to quickly take the technology for granted, as a "anonymous object". There was little serious controversy about the telephone, unlike the automobile, compared to which the telephone left little lasting impression on the consciousness of Americans.
評分Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century seemed to quickly take the technology for granted, as a "anonymous object". There was little serious controversy about the telephone, unlike the automobile, compared to which the telephone left little lasting impression on the consciousness of Americans.
America Calling 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載