Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-348) and index. .

Introduction: thinking transnationally: the Anglo-American axis -- Nations, national identity and the transnational -- The nations imagine radio, 1922 to 1938. Chaos and control -- National broadcasting in Britain -- The "American system" -- Trans-Atlantic convergence: 1938-1946. Enormous changes at the last minute -- The politics and poetics of neutrality -- In it together: wartime radio -- Conclusion -- Television, trade, and transculturation, 1946-1975 -- Disentangling and differentiation, 1946-55 -- New directions and disputes, 1955-64 -- Conclusion -- Towards "globalization".