UID:
almafu_9958352413702883
Format:
1 online resource(344p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. , 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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Edition:
Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9780812209082
Series Statement:
American Business, Politics, and Society
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction. A Fight with an Octopus --
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Chapter 1. All Telephones Are Local --
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Chapter 2. Visions of Telephony --
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Chapter 3. Unnatural Monopoly --
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Chapter 4. The Independent Alternative --
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Chapter 5. The Politics of Scale --
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Chapter 6. The System Gospel --
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Conclusion. Return to Middletown --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
