The People's Network. The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age, Hardback/Robert MacDougall

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. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Author(s): Robert MacDougall Illustration(s): 11 illus. Number of pages: 344 Collection: American Business, Politics, and Society Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 237 x 163 x 32 Cover type: Hardback