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" The telephone : "
David Mercer.
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BL
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| Record Number
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956651
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b711021
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| Main Entry
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Mercer, David,Ph.D.
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| Title & Author
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The telephone : : the life story of a technology /\ David Mercer.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CN :: Greenwood Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Greenwood technographies,
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1 online resource (xxiv, 151 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0313024731
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: 031333207X
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: 9780313024733
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: 9780313332074
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index.
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| Contents
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Timeline -- 1. The invention and development of the telegraph, 1780s-1870s -- 2. The invention of the telephone, 1876 -- 3. From electric toy to business tool, 1876-1893 -- 4. Expansion, competition, and the remaking of the Bell monopoly, 1893-1918 -- 5. Consolidation in the interwar period, 1918-1945 -- 6. The calm before the storm, 1945-1970s -- 7. Stormy weather, telecommunications deregulation, and the new digital world, 1970s- -- 8. The global mobile, 1980s- -- 9. Mobile cultures, 1990s- -- Glossary.
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Cell phones-- History.
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Telegraph-- History.
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Telephone-- History.
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Telephone-- Social aspects.
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Cell phones.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Telecommunications.
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Telegraph.
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Telephone-- Social aspects.
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Telephone.
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| Dewey Classification
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621.38509
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TK6015.M47 2006eb
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