Title |
Network nation : inventing American telecommunications / Richard R. John. |
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Imprint |
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. |
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CCQ - Lusail Female Library
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TK5102.3.U6 |
Available |
CCQ - Lusail Male Library
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TK5102.3.U6 |
Available |
Description |
viii, 520 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-500) and index. |
Contents |
Making a neighborhood of a nation -- Professor Morse's lightning -- Antimonopoly -- The new postalic dispensation -- Rich man's mail -- The talking telegraph -- Telephomania -- Second nature -- Gray wolves -- Universal service -- One great mediu |
Subject |
Telecommunication -- United States -- History.
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ISBN |
9780674024298 (alk. paper) |
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067402429X (alk. paper) |
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