Across the Waves

Derek W. Vaillant is a professor of communication studies and professor of history, by courtesy, at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935.

"Well researched and readable. . . Recommended."--Choice"Vaillant's text is outstanding. The research and reporting are carefully and professionally done, the supporting data enlightening and the story interesting. . . . Across the Waves makes a significant contribution to international media scholarship."--American Journalism  "Across the Waves is well argued, thoroughly researched, and culturally conversant." --The Journal of American History

• AcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: At the Border of U.S. - French Broadcasting PART I: THE RISE OF U.S.-FRENCH BROADCASTING, 1925-441   At the Speed of Sound: Techno-Aesthetic Paradigms in U.S. - French Broadcasting, 1925-392   We Won't Always Have Paris: U.S. Networks in France and Europe, 1932-413   Voices of the Occupation: U.S. Broadcasting to France during World War II PART II: SHAPING A U.S.-FRENCH RADIO IMAGINARY, 1945-744   Served on a Platter: How French Radio Cracked the U.S. Airwaves5   The Air of Paris: Women's Talk Radio, Gender, and the Art of Self-Fashionin6   The Drama of Broadcast History after May 1968Afterword: Radios at the Heart of NationsAppendix: U.S.-French Radio Time LineNotesSelected ResourcesIndex