Telecom nation [[electronic resource] ] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / / Laurence B. Mussio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450483403321
• Autore: Mussio Laurence B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-282-85926-9; 9786612859267; 0-7735-6914-6
• Descrizione fisica: x, 307 p., [10] p. of plates : ill
• Disciplina: 384/.0971
• Soggetti: Telecommunication policy - Canada; Computer networks - Government policy - Canada; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-298) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE -- 1 From Golden Age to Iron Cage: Telecommunications Regulation and the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada, 1945-1966, -- 2 Connecting Canada to the World: International Telecommunications Policy, 1942-1966 -- 3 Canadians and Computers: Initial Canadian Responses to the Computer, 1948-1968 -- 4 Revolution and Reaction: Telecommunications Policy, 1960-1969 -- PART TWO SYSTEM OVERLOAD -- 5 Collapse and Surrender: Telecommunications Regulation and the Canadian Transport Commission, 1967-1975 -- 6 The Politics of Technological Development: Canada,1970-1975 -- 7 "Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?": Ottawa and the First Information Highway, 1969-1975.