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Wireless and empire

Anduaga Ega�na, Aitor.

Wireless and empire geopolitics, radio industry, and ionosphere in the British Empire, 1918-1939 / [electronic resource] : Aitor Anduaga. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xxv, 386 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780191721755 (ebook) : No price


Ionospheric radio wave propagation--Research--Government policy--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Atmospheric physics--Research--Government policy--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Radio supplies industry--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Radio broadcasting--Political aspects--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Geopolitics--History--Great Britain--20th century.


Great Britain--Colonies--Social life and customs.

QC973.4.I6

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