Information Highways and Byways: From the Telegraph to the 21st Century

Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications Information Highways & Byways From the Telegraph to the 21st Century Irwin Lebow "Most impressive is Lebow's concentration on the broader issues that shaped telecommunications in America: private- versus public-sector operations, the long history of antitrust and its effect on companies, the role of the military in shaping communications in war and peace, the changing nature of technology, inventors, invention, (and) the role of market niches in providing opportunities for expensive, new technologies to survive, improve and ultimately flourish." Jonathan Coopersmith, Department of History, Texas A & M University. Spanning the entire history of electrical communications, this book tells the story of the many events and breakthroughs that took place, from 150 years ago with the creation of the telegraph to the dynamic, modern world of the Internet and interactive TV. Its characters are not only the technologists, but also the entrepreneurs, who took advantage of the technology, and the litigators, antitrust lawyers, and regulators, who influenced the course of progress. As a veritable case study about how advances in technology cause societal and industrial change, this story provides insight into the turmoil of today's information and entertainment industries. This book will be of interest to anyone, technical or not, who has a stake in the information age. Also of interest from IEEE Press... Understanding Digital TV: The Route to HDTV Brian T. Evans, Tantara Tek, Ltd. 1995 Softcover 256 pp IEEE Order No. PP4366 ISBN 0-7803-1082-9 Wireless Personal Communications: The Future of Talk Ron Schneiderman, Senior Editor, Microwaves & RF 1994 Hardcover 208 pp IEEE Order No. PC3590 ISBN 0-7803-1010-1Irwin Lebow is the author of 'Information Highways and Byways: From the Telegraph to the 21st Century', published 1995 under ISBN 9780780310735 and ISBN 078031073X.