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ISBN
0674088131
EAN
9780674088139
Manufacturer
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard Universi
Brand
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard Universi
Binding
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Book Title
Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunicati

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674088131
ISBN-13
9780674088139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217071826

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
528 Pages
Publication Name
Network Nation : Inventing American Telecommunications
Language
English
Subject
Public Policy / Communication Policy, Industries / Media & Communications, Economics / General, Modern / General, Government & Business
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Author
Richard R. John
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
30.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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This is a valuable book on the technological and economic trends that impacted the popularization of the telephone, one of the most profoundly significant inventions in the record of humanity. To understand the history of American telecommunications is to attend to the political economies at the time technological innovation occurred. John brilliantly articulates this context. Shifting municipal and federal sensibilities always shaped the diffusion of technologies, even in times where strong federal governmental oversight did not yet exist. The threat of federal and municipal government ownership of telecommunication systems was real, as seen in the case of the Bell system (and its failure).
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
384
Synopsis
Network Nation places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing and provocative book persuades us of the critical role of political economy in the development of new technologies and their implementation., The telegraph and the telephone were the first electrical communications networks to become hallmarks of modernity. Yet they were not initially expected to achieve universal accessibility. In this pioneering history of their evolution, Richard R. John demonstrates how access to these networks was determined not only by technological imperatives and economic incentives but also by political decision making at the federal, state, and municipal levels. In the decades between the Civil War and the First World War, Western Union and the Bell System emerged as the dominant providers for the telegraph and telephone. Both operated networks that were products not only of technology and economics but also of a distinctive political economy. Western Union arose in an antimonopolistic political economy that glorified equal rights and vilified special privilege. The Bell System flourished in a progressive political economy that idealized public utility and disparaged unnecessary waste. The popularization of the telegraph and the telephone was opposed by business lobbies that were intent on perpetuating specialty services. In fact, it wasn't until 1900 that the civic ideal of mass access trumped the elitist ideal of exclusivity in shaping the commercialization of the telephone. The telegraph did not become widely accessible until 1910, sixty-five years after the first fee-for-service telegraph line opened in 1845. Network Nation places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing and provocative book persuades us of the critical role of political economy in the development of new technologies and their implementation.

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