The untold story of the talking book / Matthew Rubery.
The untold story of the talking book / Matthew Rubery.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/4754
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Language
English
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Physical content
369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: what is the history of audiobooks? -- Part I. The phonographic library -- Canned literature -- Part II. Blindness, disability, and talking book records -- A talking book in every corner of dark-land -- How to read a talking book -- A free press for the blind -- From shell shock to shel...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"This work is the first history of recorded literature since Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877. It traces the tradition from phonographic books made on wax cylinders to talking books made for blinded soldiers returning from the First World War and, much later, the commercial audiobooks heard today. Addressing the vexed relationshi...
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The untold story of the talking book / Matthew Rubery.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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G 2016/4754
Record Identifier
74VKV6WvGvaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV6WvGvaZ
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ISBN
0674545443 hardcover
9780674545441 hardcover
DDC
002.09
MMS ID
991024023168902626
