The master switch the rise and fall of information empires Wu, Tim (Timothy Shiou-Ming) 1972- creator text nyu New York Vintage Books 2011 1st Vintage Books ed. monographic eng
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x, 368 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 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. Tim Wu. "Updated and with new material" -- Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-356) and index. Telecommunication History Information technology History Mass media History Telecomunicaciones Historia Tecnología de la información Historia Medios de comunicación Historia HE 7631 W959m 2011 384/.041 9780307390998 (pbk.) 0307390993 (pbk.) DLC 111129 20230410115544.0 spa