RT Book T1 Wiretapping and electronic surveillance in America, 1862 - 1920 A1 Segrave, Kerry 1944- LA English PP Jefferson, NC PB McFarland YR 2014 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1611300363 AB "Americans have come to realize that many of us may be under surveillance at any time. It all started 150 years ago on the battlefields of the Civil War, where each side tapped the other's telegraph lines. In 1895 the NYPD began to tap telephone lines. In 1910 the dictograph arrived, making electronic surveillance easier still"-- NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index CN TK6383 SN 9780786496242 K1 Wiretapping : United States : History : 20th century K1 Wiretapping : United States : History : 19th century K1 Electronic Surveillance : Social aspects : United States K1 Privacy, Right of : United States K1 USA : Telefonüberwachung : Elektronische Überwachung : Geschichte 1862-1920 K1 USA : Abhörtechnik : Elektronische Überwachung : Geschichte 1862-1920