Reluctant power : networks, corporations, and the struggle for global governance in the early 20th century / Rita Z�ajacz.
By: Z�ajacz, Rita [author.].
Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
Material type: BookSeries: Information policy series: Publisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2019]Description: 1 PDF (392 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262353748.Subject(s): 1900-1999 | Communication policy -- History -- 20th century | Geopolitics -- History -- 20th century | Ionospheric radio wave propagation -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Radio broadcasting -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reluctant powerDDC classification: 384.09 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Network control -- I. Autonomy -- Interconnection: common carrier regulation, spectrum allocation, and geopolitics at the 1903 and 1906 international radio conferences -- Licensing: incorporating radio into the American common carrier regulatory framework, 1899-1912 -- American control at home: from government ownership to direct foreign ownership regulations, 1912-1919 -- II. Expansion -- "A Monroe Doctrine for radio": the development of U.S. radio policy in Latin America, 1912-1919 -- Strategies of expansion: type competition, cartels, and limited foreign direct investment, 1919-1929 -- National ownership revisited: the development of indirect foreign ownership regulations, 1927-1934 -- Conclusion.
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How early twentieth-century American policymakers sought to gain control over radiotelegraphy networks in an effort to advance the global position of the United States.
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