67 of the all-time greatest transistor radios made in the USA. Many are shown life-size and every one in FULL COLOR. Everything from adorable little kit radios to a life-size pearlescent pink Regency TR-1, the world's first transistor radio. Lots of colorful boxes and illustrations, too. You'll be amazed at the beauty of these classic American transistor radios. And you'll get some interesting insights into the real reasons Japanese firms came to dominate consumer electronics. A very fun book. With model numbers, dates, notes, and a price guide.

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A Harvard Business School professor, Clayton Christensen, has written some popular books about "disruptive technologies," in which he cites the transistor radio as a prime example. Web reviews of his books have him claiming, among other things, that the first transistor radio was a Sony (wrong), that early transistor radios were of poor quality (wrong again), and that American manufacturers of transistor radios laid down and died in the face of Japanese competition. Wrong, wrong, wrong!

Christenen's ideas are said to be very influential among today's entrepreneurs. Mr. Entrepreneur, I'd be very careful putting real money on the line following theories based on false information. Before you accept the good professor's version of the transistor radio story, get AMERICAN SHIRT-POCKET TRANSISTOR RADIOS and learn what really happened.