| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 804 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface; 1 The Evolution of a Revolution (Origins-1930s); 2 Pioneering Efforts (1930s-1952); 3 Mom 'n' Pop Business (1951-1958); 4 Abel Cable Goes to Washington (1950-1960); 5 Cable's New Frontier (1960-1966); 6 The Wired Nation (1966-1972); 7 The Cable Fable (1972-1975); 8 The Phoenix (1975-1980); 9 Cablemania (1980-1984); 10 The Cable Boom (1985-1992); 11 The Cable Cosa Nostra (1986-1992); 12 500 Channels (1992-1996); 13 "What's Gonna Be Next?" (1997-2005); Appendices; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Blue Skies is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Patrick Parsons writes about the early days of cable--they go back farther than most people know--and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the most ubiquitous technology in the country-- still outpacing computers and the internet--cable TV |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-766) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cable television -- United States -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Television & Video.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
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Cable television
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007021328 |
| ISBN |
9781592137060 |
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1592137067 |
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