American Radio in China: International Encounters with Technology and Communications, 1919-41

By Michael A. Krysko

Book Overview

Introduction: 'The great blessings that radio will engender in this old and populous land': American Expectations and Radio in China 'We owe nothing to their sensibilities': Federal Telegraph, the Open Door, and the Washington System in 1920s China 'We are not interested in the politics of the situation': The Radio Corporation of America in Nationalist China, 1928-1937 'By some it is doubted if the Chinese will ever become radio fans': Sino-American Relations and Chinese Broadcasting during the Interwar Era 'As if we lived on Maine St. in Kansas USA': Shortwave Broadcasting and American Mass Media in Wartime China 'Win China for Christ through radio': Religious Broadcasting and the American Missionary Movement in Nationalist China 'Unofficial radio hell-raiser': Radio News and US-Japanese Conflict on the Eve of the Pacific War Conclusion Bibliography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134932230X
• ISBN13: 9781349322305
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"