The People's Network : The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age.
MacDougall, Robert.
The People's Network : The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (341 pages) - American Business, Politics, and Society Series . - American Business, Politics, and Society Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction. A Fight with an Octopus -- Chapter 1. All Telephones Are Local -- Chapter 2. Visions of Telephony -- Chapter 3. Unnatural Monopoly -- Chapter 4. The Independent Alternative -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Scale -- Chapter 6. The System Gospel -- Conclusion. Return to Middletown -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812209082
American Telephone and Telegraph Company-History.
Bell Canada-History.
Telephone-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone-Canada-History-20th century.
Telephone companies-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone companies-Canada-History-20th century.
Telephone-Government policy-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone-Government policy-Canada-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
TK6023 -- .M25 2013eb
384.60973/09041
The People's Network : The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (341 pages) - American Business, Politics, and Society Series . - American Business, Politics, and Society Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction. A Fight with an Octopus -- Chapter 1. All Telephones Are Local -- Chapter 2. Visions of Telephony -- Chapter 3. Unnatural Monopoly -- Chapter 4. The Independent Alternative -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Scale -- Chapter 6. The System Gospel -- Conclusion. Return to Middletown -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812209082
American Telephone and Telegraph Company-History.
Bell Canada-History.
Telephone-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone-Canada-History-20th century.
Telephone companies-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone companies-Canada-History-20th century.
Telephone-Government policy-United States-History-20th century.
Telephone-Government policy-Canada-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
TK6023 -- .M25 2013eb
384.60973/09041