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The People's Network
Robert MacDougall
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Overview
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.
Details
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Published
- 2014-01-08
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- EN
- Categories
- History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / 20th Century, History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Political Science / American Government / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Communication Policy, Social Science / Sociology / General
- ISBN-13
- 9780812245691
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