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Network nation : inventing American telecommunications / Richard R. John.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- John, Richard R., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication--United States--History.
- Telecommunication.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 520 pages) : illustrations, map
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Making a neighborhood of a nation
- Professor Morse's lightning
- Antimonopoly
- The new postalic dispensation
- Rich man's mail
- The talking telegraph
- Telephomania
- Second nature
- Gray wolves
- Universal service
- One great medium?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-500) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: John, Richard R., 1959- Network nation.
- ISBN:
- 9780674056527
- 0674056523
- Publisher Number:
- 99955061820
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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