Wu, Tim   1972-  <br/><br/>
The master switch :  the rise and fall of information empires / 
Tim Wu. 
 - 1st Vintage Books ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books,  2011. 
 - x, 368 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Updated and with new material" -- Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-356) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. 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 --  Part II. Beneath the all-seeing eye : The foreign attachment --  The legion of decency --  FM radio --  We now add sight to sound --  Part III. 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 --  Part IV. Reborn without a soul : Turner does television --  Mass production of the spirit --  The return of AT&T --  Part V. The Internet against everyone : A surprising wreck --  Father and son --  The separations principle. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307390998 (pbk.) 0307390993 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Telecommunication--History.<br/>Information technology--History.<br/>Mass media--History.<br/>Telecomunicaciones --Historia <br/>Tecnología de la información--Historia <br/>Medios de comunicación--Historia 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE 7631  / W959m 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384/.041