Off the Record: The Technology & Culture of Sound Recording in America

by David L. Morton Jr.

Book Overview

David L. Morton examines the process of invention, innovation, and diffusion of communications technology, using the history of sound recording as the focus. Off the Record demonstrates how the history of both the hardware and the ways people used it is essential for understanding why any particular technology became a fixture in everyday life or faded into obscurity. Morton's approach to the topic differs from most previous works, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813527473
• ISBN13: 9780813527475
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"