Wireless and empire geopolitics, radio industry, and ionosphere in the British Empire, 1918-1939 Anduaga Egaña, Aitor creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xxv, 386 pages) : illustrations Although the product of consensus politics, the British Empire was based on communications supremacy and the knowledge of the atmosphere. Focusing on science, industry, government, the military, and education, this book studies the relationship between wireless and Empire throughout the interwar period. 1. Government, radio research, and upper atmospheric sciences in Britain -- 2. Radio communications, geopolitics, education, and manufacturing in the British radio industry -- 3. From dominion to nation: atmospheric sciences and radio research in Australia -- 4. Radio communications, education, manufacturing, and innovation in the Australian radio industry -- 5. Organizing radio research in New Zealand -- 6. Government, university, research, and radio industry in Canada -- Postscript: Overstating reality -- Epilogue: The realist interpretation of the atmosphere. Aitor Anduaga. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-378) and index. English. e-uk--- Commonwealth Ionospheric radio wave propagation Research Government policy Great Britain History 20th century Atmospheric physics Research Government policy Great Britain History 20th century Radio supplies industry Great Britain History 20th century Radio broadcasting Political aspects Great Britain History 20th century Geopolitics Great Britain History 20th century Great Britain Colonies Social life and customs Ondes radioélectriques Propagation dans l'ionosphère Recherche Politique gouvernementale Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Physique de l'atmosphère Recherche Politique gouvernementale Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Radio Appareils et matériel Industrie Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Radio Aspect politique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Géopolitique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Grande-Bretagne Colonies Mœurs et coutumes TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Radio British colonies Geopolitics Manners and customs Radio broadcasting Political aspects Radio supplies industry Great Britain Rundfunktechnik Ionosphäre Geopolitik Großbritannien 1900-1999 fast Geschichte 1918-1939. swd QC973.4.I6 A526 2009 384.5409171/24109041 384.540941 15.64 AP 33230 AP 33229 3,5 Wireless and empire Anduaga Egaña, Aitor. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008049036 (OCoLC)244764597 9780191568053 0191568058 9780191721755 0191721751 9780199562725 0199562725 2008049036 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8617 OCLCE 100824 20260318180618.3 in00005705874 eng