Acknowledgments | p. viii |
Prologue | p. 1 |
Transportation | |
Annihilating Time and Space: The Railroads | p. 17 |
Traveling, Not Being Traveled: The Bicycle | p. 33 |
Love at First Sight: The Automobile | p. 44 |
Looking Heavenward: Air Travel | p. 66 |
Communications | |
The Truly Astonishing Contrivance: The Telegraph | p. 94 |
The First Communications Highway: The Telephone | p. 110 |
A New Necessity of Civilization: The Typewriter | p. 131 |
"You Should Get One": The Copying Machine | p. 143 |
Dropping on Target: The Fax Machine | p. 153 |
Doing What Came Naturally: The Home Computer | p. 157 |
Entertainment | |
A Succession of Wonders: Home Entertainment | p. 191 |
Where's The Band?: The Phonograph | p. 202 |
The Craze That Stayed: Photography | p. 214 |
The Wildfire Wonder: Radio | p. 226 |
Adding Sight to Sound: Television | p. 246 |
Epilogue | p. 262 |
Source Notes | p. 264 |
Bibliography | p. 283 |
Index | p. 295 |
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