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020			_a9780307269935 (hardcover)
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035			_a(OCoLC)515402494
050	0	0	_aHE7631 _b.W8 2010
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100	1		_aWu, Tim.
245	1	4	_aThe master switch : _bthe rise and fall of information empires / _cTim Wu.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2010.
300			_ax, 366 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book" --T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-354) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aAs Wu's sweeping history shows, each of the new media of the twentieth century- radio, telephone, television, and film- was born free and open. Each invited unrestricted use and enterprising experiment until some would-be mogul battled his way to total domination. Explaining how invention begets industry and industry begets empire- a progress often blessed by government, typically with stifling consequences for free expression and technical innovation alike- Wu identifies a time-honored pattern in the maneuvers of today's great information powers
650		0	_aTelecommunication _xHistory.
650		0	_aInformation technology _xHistory.
650		0	_aMass media _xHistory.
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