Alan Stone

How America Got On-line (eBook, ePUB)

Politics, Markets, and the Revolution in Telecommunication

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The telecommunications industry is the fastest growing sector of the US economy. This interdisciplinary study of technopolitical economics traces the industry's evolution from the invention of the telephone to the development of hypercommunications. Primary focus is on AT&T and its rivals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317462613
• Artikelnr.: 42901925

Autorenporträt

Alan Stone

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 From the Telegraph to Hypercommunications
Chapter 2 The Rise of AT&T
Chapter 3 The Assault Begins
Chapter 4 MCI and the Long-Distance Challenge
Chapter 5 The Biggest Case in History
Chapter 6 Internationalization and Competition
Chapter 7 The Wireless Revolution
Chapter 8 A Marriage Made in Heaven: Computers and Communications
Chapter 9 Telecommunications Turbulence