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Title: Manufacturing the Future : A History of Western Electric by Stephen B. Adams, Orville R. Butler ISBN: 0-521-65118-2 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 January, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great background for understanding the Internet age.
Comment: I'm actually an analyst of the telecom industry, so I come to this with a special interest. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend the book for those interested in some real foundations to understand the communications revolution. (and not just sound-byte Internet history). It's a pity that the name Lucent Technologies isn't in the title, because that's the real subject of the book. It's a history of Western Electric, which after a 120 year "pit stop" at AT&T ultimately spun out to become Lucent. The best part is the early chapters where we learn about the competition between the telegraph and Bell's telephone, the coalescing of local telephone companies under Bell's leadership, and ultimately the emergence of AT&T (with Western Electric)as the "Bell System" that most of us grew up with. Don't be put off by the fact that Lucent commissioned the book. It's a throughly documented, balanced, and obviously professional undertaking.
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Title: The Rape of Ma Bell: The Criminal Wrecking of the Best Telephone System in the World by Constantine Raymond Kraus, Alfred W. Duerig ISBN: 081840468X Publisher: Lyle Stuart Hardcover Pub. Date: August, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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