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Calling All Cars: Radio Dragnets and the Technology of Policing
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Calling All Cars: Radio Dragnets and the Technology of Policing
Contributors:
By (Author) Kathleen Battles
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:
University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date:
11th May 2010
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Media studies
Dewey:
363.2
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 20mm
Description
Calling All CarsThe first book to systematically address the development of crime dramas during the golden age of radio, Calling All Cars explores an important irony: the intimacy of the newest technology of the time helped create an intimate authoritythe police as the appropriate force for controlover the citizenry.
Author Bio
Kathleen Battles is assistant professor of communication and journalism at Oakland University.
