The master switch :
Wu, Tim
The master switch : the rise and fall of information empires Tim Wu. - New York : Atlantic Books, ©2011. - 368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-356) and index.
Part I. The rise : The disruptive founder -- Radio dreams -- Mr. Vail is a big man -- The time is not ripe for feature films -- Centralize all radio activities -- The paramount ideal -- Part II. Beneath the all-seeing eye : The foreign attachment -- The legion of decency -- FM radio -- We now add sight to sound -- Part III. The rebels, the challengers, and the fall : The right kind of breakup -- The radicalism of the Internet revolution -- Nixon's cable -- Broken Bell -- Esperanto for machines -- Part IV. Reborn without a soul : Turner does television -- Mass production of the spirit -- The return of AT&T -- Part V. The Internet against everyone : A surprising wreck -- Father and son -- The separations principle.
9781848879867
2011293802
Telecommunication--History.
Information technology--History.
Mass media--History.
HE7631 / .W8 2011
384.041 / WU-M
The master switch : the rise and fall of information empires Tim Wu. - New York : Atlantic Books, ©2011. - 368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-356) and index.
Part I. The rise : The disruptive founder -- Radio dreams -- Mr. Vail is a big man -- The time is not ripe for feature films -- Centralize all radio activities -- The paramount ideal -- Part II. Beneath the all-seeing eye : The foreign attachment -- The legion of decency -- FM radio -- We now add sight to sound -- Part III. The rebels, the challengers, and the fall : The right kind of breakup -- The radicalism of the Internet revolution -- Nixon's cable -- Broken Bell -- Esperanto for machines -- Part IV. Reborn without a soul : Turner does television -- Mass production of the spirit -- The return of AT&T -- Part V. The Internet against everyone : A surprising wreck -- Father and son -- The separations principle.
9781848879867
2011293802
Telecommunication--History.
Information technology--History.
Mass media--History.
HE7631 / .W8 2011
384.041 / WU-M