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Visions of a digital nation : market and monopoly in British telecommunications / Jacob Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Jacob (Science and technology historian), author.
- Series:
- History of computing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Telecommunication.
- Digital communications--Economic aspects--Great Britain.
- Digital communications.
- Digital communications--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Privatization--Great Britain.
- Privatization.
- Neoliberalism--Great Britain.
- Neoliberalism.
- British Telecom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Explores how the British telecom system shaped late social democracy and early neoliberalism"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The origins of the digital vision
- Planning the digital future : models and markets
- Monopsony in the machine : suppliers, labor, and telephone exchanges
- Who killed optical fiber? Dreams of the information highway
- Martlesham heath : nostalgia, futurity, and It parks
- The North Atlantic : technology, the environment, and liberalization
- The City of London : financing BT's privatization.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-37552-4
- 0-262-37553-2
- 9780262375535
- OCLC:
- 1391120033
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