Book
The master switch : the rise and fall of information empires
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307269935
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Physical Description:
print
x, 366 p. : ill ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book" --T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-354) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The rise. The disruptive founder ; Radio dreams ; Mr. Vail is a big man ; The time is not ripe for feature films ; Centralize all radio activities ; The Paramount ideal -- Beneath the All-seeing Eye. The foreign attachment ; The legion of decency ; FM radio ; We now add sight to sound -- The rebels, the challengers, and the fall. The right kind of breakup ; The radicalism of the Internet revolution ; Nixon's cable ; Broken Bell ; Esperanto for machines -- Reborn without a soul. Turner does television ; Mass production of the spirit ; The return of AT&T -- The Internet against everyone. A surprising wreck ; Father and son ; The separations principle. |
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| Subject: | Mass media -- History Telecommunication -- History Information technology -- History |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | HE 7631 W8 2010 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001306307 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
