| Description |
xxiv, 151 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Greenwood technographies ; 1549-7321 |
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Greenwood technographies, 1549-7321 |
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Greenwood technographies. 1549-7321
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Greenwood technographies ; 1549-7321
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Timeline -- Ch. 1. The invention and development of the telegraph, 1780s-1870s -- Ch. 2. The invention of the telephone, 1876 -- Ch. 3. From electric toy to business tool, 1876-1893 -- Ch. 4. Expansion, competition, and the remaking of the Bell monopoly, 1893-1918 -- Ch. 5. Consolidation in the interwar period, 1918-1945 -- Ch. 6. The calm before the storm, 1945-1970s -- Ch. 7. Stormy weather, telecommunications deregulation and the new digital world, 1970s- -- Ch. 8. The global mobile, 1980s- -- Ch. 9. Mobile cultures, 1990s- |
| Summary |
This book traces in chronological order the three phases of the life story of the telephone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cell phones -- History.
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Telephone -- History.
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Telegraph -- History.
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Telephone -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2006021452 |
| ISBN |
031333207X |
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9780313332074 |
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