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Network Nation

Inventing American Telecommunications

Richard R. John

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Publication Date: 10/05/2015

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528 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Richard R. John is Professor of History at Columbia University.

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At Al Jazeera America, read Richard John on the need for “Net Neutrality” advocates to move beyond their “cartoonish caricature” of the history of American communications
In the New York Times, read John’s reaction to the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that it is ending regular Saturday deliveries
Watch an interview with John on C-SPAN’s BookTV
Watch John discuss Network Nation on a panel hosted by the New America Foundation

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2011 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference of the American Historical Association and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

2010 Best Journalism and Mass Communication History Book Award, History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

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