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The invisible empire : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Kathe Roth
| The invisible empire : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Kathe Roth |
| Autore | Rens Jean-Guy <1946-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RothKathe |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Telecommunications - Canada - Histoire |
| ISBN |
1-282-85863-7
9786612858635 0-7735-6844-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Pioneering Era: Inventions and Impediments, 1846–1915 -- Telegraphy -- The Birth of Telegraphy -- The Telegraph Industry Gets Organized -- The Telephone -- Invention of the Telephone -- The Telephone Comes to Canada -- Bell Comes Out Fighting -- Balkanization of the Telephone Industry -- The Birth of Northern Electric and Technological Advances -- Unbridled Capitalism and Language Clashes -- The Telephone Industry in Canada and the International Scene -- Radio -- Radio: A Spectacular Success -- Creating Universal Service, 1915–56 -- Creation of a National Industry -- Bell’s Long March to Independence -- The Other Telephone Companies -- Social Benefits and Labour Peace in the Telephone Industry -- The Canadian Regulatory Model -- Electromechanical Technology Hits Its Peak -- The International Scene -- Conclusion: How Telephony Changed the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of the telecommunications industry in Canada |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910967515803321 |
Rens Jean-Guy <1946->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judging homosexuals : a history of gay persecution in Quebec and France / / Patrice Corriveau ; translated by Kathe Roth ; with a foreword by Barry Adam
| Judging homosexuals : a history of gay persecution in Quebec and France / / Patrice Corriveau ; translated by Kathe Roth ; with a foreword by Barry Adam |
| Autore | Corriveau Patrice <1974-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.766 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RothKathe |
| Collana | Sexuality studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Homosexuality - Social aspects - Quebec (Province) - History
Homosexuality - Social aspects - France - History Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - Quebec (Province) - History Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - France - History |
| ISBN |
1-283-05428-0
9786613054289 0-7748-1722-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Ancient Greece to the Seventeenth Century: From Pederasty to Sodomy -- 2. Grande Ordonnance of 1670 to the British Conquest: The Sodomist and the Stake -- 3. British Conquest to the Late Nineteenth Century: From the Sodomist to the Invert, or From the Priest to the Physician -- 4. Late Nineteenth Century to the Sexual Revolution: From Invert to Homosexual -- 5. 1970's to the Present: From Prison to City Hall. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962321103321 |
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Corriveau Patrice <1974->
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| Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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