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Visions of a digital nation : market and monopoly in British telecommunications / Jacob Ward.

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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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