Title How America got on-line : politics, markets, and the revolution in telecommunications / Alan Stone. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

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New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

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Description	1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	From the telegraph to hypercommunications -- The rise of AT & T -- The assault begins -- MCI and the long-distance challenge -- The biggest case in history -- Internationalization and competition -- The wireless revolution -- A marriage made in heaven: computers and communications -- Telecommunications turbulence.
Summary	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.
Subject	Telecommunication -- United States -- History.
	Entrepreneurship -- United States -- History.
	Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
	Information society -- United States.
	Télécommunications -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
	Entrepreneuriat -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
	Innovations -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
	Société de l'information -- États-Unis.
	Entrepreneurship
	Information society
	Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
	Telecommunication
	United States
Genre	History
Added Title	Politics, markets, and the revolution in telecommunications
ISBN	9781317462613
	1317462610
	9780765645531
	076564553X
	1563245760
	9781563245763

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