The Invisible Empire: A History of the Telecommunications Industry in Canada, 1846-1956

by Kathe Roth and Jean-Guy Rens

It is impossible to understand Canada without looking at the history and development of its telecommunications industry. In the nineteenth century Canada was the only country in the world constructed on the basis of technology - first the railway and, in its shadow, telegraphy. In the 1930s this technological nationalism came of age and telecommunications became Canada's "national" technology. The Invisible Empire provides the first overview of Canadian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077352052X
• ISBN13: 9780773520523
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Queen's School of Policy Studies
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"