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How America got on-line : politics, markets, and the revolution in telecommunications / Alan Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Alan, 1931- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication--United States--History.
- Telecommunication.
- Entrepreneurship--United States--History.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States--History.
- Technological innovations.
- Information society--United States.
- Information society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- Politics, markets, and the revolution in telecommunications
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The telecommunications industry is the fastest growing sector of the US economy. This interdisciplinary study of technopolitical economics traces the industry's evolution from the invention of the telephone to the development of hypercommunications. Primary focus is on AT&T and its rivals.
- Contents:
- From the telegraph to hypercommunications
- The rise of AT & T
- The assault begins
- MCI and the long-distance challenge
- The biggest case in history
- Internationalization and competition
- The wireless revolution
- A marriage made in heaven: computers and communications
- Telecommunications turbulence.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed August 12, 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 918899085
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