Visions of a digital nation : market and monopoly in British telecommunications / / Jacob Ward

• Autore: Ward Jacob (Science and technology historian)
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 384.0941
• Soggetto topico: Telecommunication - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Digital communications - Economic aspects - Great Britain; Digital communications - Political aspects - Great Britain; Privatization - Great Britain; Neoliberalism - Great Britain
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Explores how the British telecom system shaped late social democracy and early neoliberalism"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of a digital nation
• ISBN: 0-262-37552-4; 0-262-37553-2; 9780262375535
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910901888603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II