|aNetwork nation :|binventing American telecommunications /|cRichard R. John.
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|aCambridge, Mass. :|bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,|c2010.
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|aviii, 520 p. :|bill., map ;|c25 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-500) and index.
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|aMaking a neighborhood of a nation -- Professor Morse's lightning -- Antimonopoly -- The new postalic dispensation -- Rich man's mail -- The talking telegraph -- Telephomania -- Second nature -- Gray wolves -- Universal service -- One great medium?