Jacob Ward is Assistant Professor in the History Department and Science, Technology and Society Studies Research Program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. He is coeditor of Histories of Technology, the Environment and Modern Britain.
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii ABBREVIATIONS xi INTRODUCTION 1 I PLANS 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL VISION 27 2 PLANNING THE DIGITAL FUTURE: MODELS AND MARKETS 53 II PROJECTS 3 MONOPSONY IN THE MACHINE: SUPPLIERS, LABOR, AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGES 85 4 WHO KILLED OPTICAL FIBER? DREAMS OF THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY 115 III PLACES 5 MARTLESHAM HEATH: NOSTALGIA, FUTURITY, AND IT PARKS 149 6 THE NORTH ATLANTIC: TECHNOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LIBERALIZATION 171 7 THE CITY OF LONDON: FINANCING BT’S PRIVATIZATION 199 CONCLUSION 221 NOTES 231 BIBLIOGRAPHY 275 INDEX 309
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii ABBREVIATIONS xi INTRODUCTION 1 I PLANS 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL VISION 27 2 PLANNING THE DIGITAL FUTURE: MODELS AND MARKETS 53 II PROJECTS 3 MONOPSONY IN THE MACHINE: SUPPLIERS, LABOR, AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGES 85 4 WHO KILLED OPTICAL FIBER? DREAMS OF THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY 115 III PLACES 5 MARTLESHAM HEATH: NOSTALGIA, FUTURITY, AND IT PARKS 149 6 THE NORTH ATLANTIC: TECHNOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LIBERALIZATION 171 7 THE CITY OF LONDON: FINANCING BT’S PRIVATIZATION 199 CONCLUSION 221 NOTES 231 BIBLIOGRAPHY 275 INDEX 309
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