CONTENTS 1. The American Leonardo 1 2. Expanding the Neighborhood 11 3. The Telegraph and the News 19 4. The Telegraph Goes to War 25 5. Transmitting the Human Voice 34 6. Universal Service 40 7. Establishing Telephone Service 46 8. Extending the Personal Presence 57 9. Through the Ether 71 10. The Wireless Goes to Sea 85 11. World War I and Its Aftermath 92 12. The Origins of Broadcasting 103 13. Radio Broadcasting Captures the Nation 111 14. Video Enters the Picture 118 15. The Power of the Picture 129 16. The Wireless Makes a Comeback 139 17. Communication via Space 149 18. The Aftermath of the ARPANET158 19. Speeding Up the Written Word 167 20. Digitizing the Telephone System 179 21. Political Legitimacy and the Muslim World 194 22. The Crisis in Mobility 222 23. Let Them Eat Pollution 235 24. Multimedia and Africa 245 25. Global Drug Scourge: The Hidden Story . 267 26. Digital Progress in a Democratic Society 287 27. Writing About Poverty in the Age of Plenty 299 28. Media and Race Relations in the Suburbs 307 29. National Amnesia, Cultural Darwinism and the Pursuit of Power 333