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Dawn of the electronic age : electrical technologies in the shaping of the modern world, 1914 to 1945 /

Much of the infrastructure of today's industrialized world arose in the period from the outbreak of World War I to the conclusion of World War II. It was during these years that the capabilities of traditional electrical engineering became ubiquitous. Even more importantly, it was during this t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nebeker, Frederik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Piscataway, N.J. : Wiley ; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009.
Series:Wiley online library.
Subjects:
Electric apparatus and appliances > History > 20th century.
Electrical engineering > History > 20th century.
Electrification > History > 20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electrical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Great War and wireless communications
  • Electrical technologies in total war
  • Electrification in the interwar period
  • The Jazz Age and radio broadcasting
  • Postwar recovery and the Great Depression: electrical technologies in industry and commerce
  • Electrical technologies and the consumer culture
  • Communication technologies in democratic and totalitarian countries
  • Electrical engineering in an age of science
  • World War II and electrical technology
  • Radar, the weapon that decided the war
  • Conclusion: Dawn of the electronic age.