Charles T. Meadow is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. He is the author of Ink into Bits: A Web of Converging Media (2002) and Messages, Meaning and Symbols: The Communication of Information (2006), both published by Scarecrow.

• Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Basics of Communication Chapter 4 1 Background Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Telecommunication Before Steam and Electricity Chapter 6 2 Spoken Language and Sound Transmission Chapter 7 3 Writing and Printing Chapter 8 4 Visual Signalling Chapter 9 5 Transportation as Communication-1 Chapter 10 Chapter 3: Steam, Electricity, and Internal Combustion Chapter 11 6 Transportation as Communication-2 Chapter 12 7 Telegraph Chapter 13 8 Telephone Chapter 14 Chapter 4: Electronics Chapter 15 9 Radio Chapter 16 10 Television Chapter 17 11 Communication Satellites Chapter 18 12 The Internet and the Information Highway Chapter 19 Chapter 5: Looking Backward and Forward Chapter 20 13 Summation and Projection Chapter 21 14 One Hundred Dates to Remember Chapter 22 Bibliography Chapter 23 Index Chapter 24 About the Author

Accessible to, and recommended for, undergraduates, students at technical colleges, and general readers. CHOICE Meadows manages to make communications technology interesting again by making the reader see it from a new lens...As a solid introduction to the history of communication technology, this work is strongly recommended for academic and public libraries. E-Streams Meadow, a University of Toronto professor emeritus of information studies, is well qualified to explore communications topics...Communication has characterized human experience from ancient time to the present. Thus, its history is a fascinating story to follow. Making Connections emphasizes this point by highlighting the development of a wide array of communication technologies over time. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science ...a well-written, thoughtful, and richly documented summary of the history of human communication. Project Muse Writing in a casual style for nonspecialists, Meadow covers the basics of each technology, showing how it was invented, how it works, and the effect it has had on society. Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie