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Author Mussio, Laurence B.

Title Telecom nation [electronic resource] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / Laurence B. Mussio.

Imprint Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-298) and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: PART ONE THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE -- 1 From Golden Age to Iron Cage: Telecommunications Regulation and the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada, 1945-1966, -- 2 Connecting Canada to the World: International Telecommunications Policy, 1942-1966 -- 3 Canadians and Computers: Initial Canadian Responses to the Computer, 1948-1968 -- 4 Revolution and Reaction: Telecommunications Policy, 1960-1969 -- PART TWO SYSTEM OVERLOAD -- 5 Collapse and Surrender: Telecommunications Regulation and the Canadian Transport Commission, 1967-1975 -- 6 The Politics of Technological Development: Canada,1970-1975 -- 7 "Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?": Ottawa and the First Information Highway, 1969-1975.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Telecommunication policy -- Canada.
Computer networks -- Government policy -- Canada.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773521755

 
    
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