The People's Network : The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age /

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The People's Network reconstructs the story of U.S. and Canadian independent telephone companies which challenged the Bell System's market domination in the twentieth century, linking the fight to control telecommunications to dueling political philosophies: regional versus national identi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacDougall, Robert, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bell Canada.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Bell Canada > History.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company > History.
Telephone > Government policy.
Telephone companies.
Telephone.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Telephone > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Telephone > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Entreprises de telephone > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Telephone > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Telephone > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Telephone companies > Canada > History > 20th century.
Telephone companies > United States > History > 20th century.
Telephone > Canada > History > 20th century.
Telephone > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The People's Network reconstructs the story of U.S. and Canadian independent telephone companies which challenged the Bell System's market domination in the twentieth century, linking the fight to control telecommunications to dueling political philosophies: regional versus national identity, local versus centralized power.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812209082

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