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Bright signals : a history of color television / Susan Murray.
LIBRA PN1992.3.U5 M86 2018
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Susan, 1967- author.
- Series:
- Sign, storage, transmission
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting--Technological innovations.
- Television broadcasting.
- Color television.
- History.
- United States.
- Color television--History.
- Television broadcasting--Technological innovations--United States.
- Television broadcasting--United States--History.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 308 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- "And now: Color" : early color systems
- Natural vision versus "tele-vision" : defining and standardizing color
- Color adjustments : experiments, calibrations, and color training, 1950-1955
- Colortown, USA : expansion, stabilization, and promotion, 1955-1959
- The wonderful world of color : network programming and the spectacular real, 1960-1965
- At the end of the rainbow : global expansion, the space race, and the Cold War.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Murray, Susan, 1967- Bright signals.
- ISBN:
- 9780822371212
- 0822371219
- 9780822371304
- 0822371308
- OCLC:
- 1000022826
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