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Inventing American Telecommunications
Inventing American Telecommunications
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80 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Historian Richard John, professor of journalism at Columbia University, talks about his book, Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications, with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. Network Nation is a history of the telegraph and telephone in the United States, and one of its key findings is that, from the very beginning of these technologies, thinking about the state, regulation, and ideas of political economy was at the heart of business strategy. John and Vinsel also talk about the nature of historical research and why it is so important to go back to primary sources.
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Released:
Feb 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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