02551nam 2200589 a 450 991045048340332120200520144314.01-282-85926-997866128592670-7735-6914-6(CKB)1000000000245029(SSID)ssj0000284743(PQKBManifestationID)11222606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284743(PQKBWorkID)10277595(PQKB)11481826(CaPaEBR)400192(CaBNvSL)gtp00521470 (MiAaPQ)EBC3243515(MiAaPQ)EBC3330579(Au-PeEL)EBL3330579(CaPaEBR)ebr10132760(CaONFJC)MIL285926(OCoLC)929120725(EXLCZ)99100000000024502920020808d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTelecom nation[electronic resource] telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada /Laurence B. MussioMontreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc2001x, 307 p., [10] p. of plates illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2175-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-298) and index.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.Telecommunication policyCanadaComputer networksGovernment policyCanadaElectronic books.Telecommunication policyComputer networksGovernment policy384/.0971Mussio Laurence B875279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450483403321Telecom nation1954214UNINA