Listeners - A History of Wiretapping in the United States

Electronic eavesdropping once provoked protest and outrage. Now it is a mundane fact of life. How did we get here? The Listeners traces the spies and scandal mongers, confidence artists and security experts, police and presidents who made the wiretap a defining technology of American history.

A propos de l'auteur

Brian Hochman is Director of American Studies and Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University. He is the author of Savage Preservation: The Ethnographic Origins of Modern Media Technology, which was a finalist for the American Studies Association’s Laura Romero Prize for Best First Book.

Résumé

Electronic eavesdropping once provoked protest and outrage. Now it is a mundane fact of life. How did we get here? The Listeners traces the spies and scandal mongers, confidence artists and security experts, police and presidents who made the wiretap a defining technology of American history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Brian Hochman, Hochman Brian
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780674249288
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24928-8
• Pages: 368
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Electronique, électrotechnique, technique de l'information; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues & debates, History of the Americas, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Ethical issues and debates, TRUE CRIME / Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance