1st Edition

How America Got On-line Politics, Markets, and the Revolution in Telecommunication

By Alan Stone Copyright 1997
    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    The telecommunications industry is the fastest growing sector of the US economy. This interdisciplinary study of technopolitical economics traces the industry's evolution from the invention of the telephone to the development of hypercommunications. Primary focus is on AT&T and its rivals.

    Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and their social relations are the basis for everything around us -- International Relations included.

    Biography

    Alan Stone