A Slippery Slope: The Long Road to the Breakup of AT&T Contributor(s): Henck, Betty (Author), Strassburg, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313260257 ISBN-13: 9780313260254 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications - Business & Economics |
Dewey: 384.606 |
LCCN: HE8846 |
Lexile Measure: 1440 |
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 296 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A comprehensive examination of the events that led to the Bell System breakup. . . . Argues that divestiture was the culmination of a long process of change in telecommunications policy that began several decades ago. Associates new technologies, economic pressure, and social and political developments as the driving stimulus inducing a change that was a process of gradual evolution rather than programmed revolution in national telecommunications policies. Journal of Economic Literature This book presents, for the first time, a complete history of the events that led to the breakup of the Bell System on January 1, 1984. Henck and Strassburg, each of whom has a lifetime of experience in the telecommunications field, correct the popular misconception that the divestiture of AT&T was an isolated event which by itself brought about the confusion and occasional chaos besetting the average telephone user. Rather, they demonstrate, it was the culmination of a process of change in telecommunications policy that began several decades ago. |