Wiretapping and electronic surveillance in America, 1862 - 1920

"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, makin...

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Autor principal: Segrave, Kerry 1944- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, NC McFarland 2014
En:Año: 2014
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Sumario:"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"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index
Descripción Física:V, 223 S., Ill.
ISBN:9780786496242