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 The book is broad in scope and significance and is well-researched and well-written." --European Journal of Communication "Across the Waves...informs radio history with a new and important contribution." --Journal of Communication "A historian at heart, Vaillant provides his readers with the cultural and political depth to better understand the necessary cross-border collaborations that led to the acceleration of cultural exchanges across the Atlantic throughout the twentieth century." --American Studies "Articulating different levels of perspectives and theoretical approaches, the various contributions enrich the understanding of the subject and suggest new horizons of research that are useful for future works, including beyond the scope of the anglophone academic field." --Radio Journal "A well-written piece of historical analysis, and the author manages to tie together an enjoyable writing style with scholarly rigour and a complex conceptual framework." --Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television"The atmospheric way Vaillant brings radio to us in this book should be nothing short of highly commended." --EuropeNow"Derek Vaillant has written an invaluable account of the lively interactive relationship between French and American radio broadcasting. Its historical sweep, deep research, and illuminating conceptual framework make it À ne pas manquer for anyone interested in one of the twentieth century’s closest yet most tempestuous cultural relationships."--Michele Hilmes, author of Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting"Vaillant's stimulating analysis of a neglected dimension of transatlantic broadcasting brilliantly captures the dynamic interplay of international relations, technological change, and textual innovation, and sheds new light on the place of American radio in the global media landscape of the twentieth century."-Kate Lacey, author of Listening Publics: The Politics and Experience of Listening in the Media Age

• AcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction: At the Border of U.S. - French BroadcastingPART 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 IIPART 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