Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970

by Stephen Lovell

The story of radio begins alongside that of the Soviet state: Russia's first long-range transmission of the human voice occurred in 1919, during the civil war. Sound broadcasting was a medium of exceptional promise for this revolutionary regime. It could bring the Bolsheviks' message to the furthest corners of their enormous country. It had unprecedented impact: the voice of Moscow could now be wired into the very workplaces and living spaces of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198725264
• ISBN13: 9780198725268
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"