Crystal sets and scarf-pin radios: Gender, technology and the construction of American radio listening in the 1920s

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 557-572

  Butsch, Richard ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032358060     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344398020004003     Document Type: Article

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