Reluctant power : networks, corporations, and the struggle for global governance in the early 20th century / Rita Zájacz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zájacz, Rita, author.

Series:

Information Policy.

Information Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication policy--History--20th century.

Communication policy.

Geopolitics--History--20th century.

Geopolitics.

Ionospheric radio wave propagation--Government policy--History--20th century.

Ionospheric radio wave propagation.

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects--History--20th century.

Radio broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects.

History.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Network Control p. 1

I Autonomy

2 Interconnection: Common Carrier Regulation, Spectrum Allocation, and Geopolitics at the 1903 and 1906 International Radio Conferences p. 39

3 Licensing: Incorporating Radio into the American Common Carrier Regulatory Framework, 1899-1912 p. 77

4 American Control at Home: From Government Ownership to Direct Foreign Ownership Regulations, 1912-1919 p. 115

II Expansion

5 "A Monroe Doctrine for Radio": The Development of U.S. Radio Policy in Latin America, 1912-1919 p. 153

6 Strategies of Expansion: Type Competition, Cartels, and Limited Foreign Direct Investment, 1919-1929 p. 193

7 National Ownership Revisited: The Development of Indirect Foreign Ownership Regulations, 1927-1934 p. 229.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262353748

0262353741

OCLC:

1099792783

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.