A Technological and Social History of the Radio Receiver in the United States

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A Technological and Social History of the Radio Receiver in the United States
Radio as a communication tool, and the radio receiver as an object of furniture or décor, have a more than one hundred year history. As radio waves were first discovered and then put to use by scientists, radio hosts, and disc jockeys for communicating political messages, scientific information, and entertainment across the world, the size, shape, and configuration of the radio receiver changed. Initially the characteristics of the receiver were based wholly on its function; as the electronic interiors became more refined, so did the exterior visual adornment. By the middle of the twentieth century, we see a shift in the size and stature of the radio receiver...

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