Reluctant Power: Networks, Corporations, and the Struggle for Global Governance in the Early 20th Century (Information Policy)
Brand: The MIT Press
Color: Multicolor
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government



Dimensions: 6.31 x 1 x 9.31 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0262042611
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262042614
Publisher: The MIT Press
Print length: 392 pages
Publication date: August 6, 2019
author: Rita Zajacz
review: Editorial Reviews Review Rita Zajácz tells a story of ambition, intrigue, and policy as the United States sought control over the new communications infrastructure of radiotelegraphy, in the early twentieth century and ultimately challenged the British Empire for global domination. The lessons drawn here are especially timely for the twenty-first century. ― Jorge Reina Schement , Distinguished Professor of Communication Policy, Rutgers University About the Author Rita Zajácz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.