02186oam 22005172 450 991090188860332120240123140617.70-262-37552-40-262-37553-29780262375535(epub)(CKB)29838413600041(OCoLC)1391120033(OCoLC-P)1391120033(MaCbMITP)14210(EXLCZ)992983841360004120230715d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVisions of a digital nation market and monopoly in British telecommunications /Jacob WardCambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[2023]1 online resourceHistory of computing9780262546294 The origins of the digital vision -- Planning the digital future : models and markets -- Monopsony in the machine : suppliers, labor, and telephone exchanges -- Who killed optical fiber? Dreams of the information highway -- Martlesham heath : nostalgia, futurity, and It parks -- The North Atlantic : technology, the environment, and liberalization -- The City of London : financing BT's privatization."Explores how the British telecom system shaped late social democracy and early neoliberalism"--Provided by publisher.TelecommunicationGreat BritainHistory20th centuryDigital communicationsEconomic aspectsGreat BritainDigital communicationsPolitical aspectsGreat BritainPrivatizationGreat BritainNeoliberalismGreat BritainTelecommunicationHistoryDigital communicationsEconomic aspectsDigital communicationsPolitical aspectsPrivatizationNeoliberalism384.0941Ward Jacob(Science and technology historian),1772483OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910901888603321Visions of a digital nation4273238UNINA