Title American radio in China : international encounters with technology and communications, 1919-41 / Michael A. Krysko

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource Series Palgrave studies in the history of the media Palgrave studies in the history of the media. Contents Introduction: 'The great blessings that radio will engender in this old and populous land': American Expectations and Radio in China -- 'We owe nothing to their sensibilities': Federal Telegraph, the Open Door, and the Washington System in 1920s China -- 'We are not interested in the politics of the situation': The Radio Corporation of America in Nationalist China, 1928₆1937 -- 'By some it is doubted if the Chinese will ever become radio fans': Sino-American Relations and Chinese Broadcasting during the Interwar Era -- 'As if we lived on Maine St. in Kansas USA': Shortwave Broadcasting and American Mass Media in Wartime China -- 'Win China for Christ through radio': Religious Broadcasting and the American Missionary Movement in Nationalist China -- 'Unofficial radio hell-raiser': Radio News and US-Japanese Conflict on the Eve of the Pacific War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography We owe nothing to their sensibilities : Federal Telegraph, the open door, and the Washington system in 1920s China -- We are not interested in the politics of the situation : the Radio Corporation of America in Nationalists China, 1928-1937 -- By some it is doubted if the Chinese will ever become radio fans : Sino-American relations and Chinese broadcasting during the interwar era -- As if we lived on Maine St. in Kansas USA : shortwave broadcasting and American mass media in wartime China -- Win China for Christ through radio : religious broadcasting and the American missionary movement in Nationalist China -- Unofficial radio hell-raiser : radio news and US-Japanese conflict on the eve of the Pacific War Summary Between 1919 and 1941, an array of American businessmen, diplomats, missionaries, and private citizens hoped to bring American radio to China. Initiatives included efforts to establish Sino-American radio-telegraphy links across the Pacific, start shortwave broadcasts of American programming to China, support America broadcasting in China itself, increase sales of American radio equipment, and carve out a niche on China's airwaves for American missionary broadcasters. However, excessive faith in radio's influential powers to promote presumably mutually beneficial American economic and cultural expansion blinded many Americans to the complexities they faced. American radio ultimately magnified rather than mitigated the tensions that pit Americans against Chinese nationalists and Japanese imperialists in the years before the Pacific War. By drawing on scholarship in the history of technology, communications and media studies, and US foreign relations, this book's exploration into the relationship between technology, communications, and international relations is relevant to understanding today's globalizing world "Interwar era efforts to expand US radio into China floundered in the face of flawed US policies and approaches. Situated at the intersection of media studies, technology studies, and US foreign relations, this study frames the ill-fated radio initiatives as symptomatic of an increasingly troubled US-East Asian relationship before the Pacific War"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Radio broadcasting -- China -- History -- 20th century Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century Industrial relations -- China -- History -- 20th century Social & cultural history -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- USA -- China. Media studies -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- USA -- China. International relations -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- USA -- China. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. History. Commerce Industrial relations Radio broadcasting Social conditions Social & cultural history -- United States of America, USA -- China -- Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 -- c 1940 to c 1949. Media studies -- United States of America, USA -- China -- Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 -- c 1940 to c 1949. International relations -- United States of America, USA -- China -- Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 -- c 1940 to c 1949. History. SUBJECT China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 20th century United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 20th century China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024183 Subject China United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230301931 0230301932 9781349322305 134932230X

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