Visions of a Digital Nation: Market and Monopoly in British Telecommunications

by Jacob Ward

Why the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitalization of Britain's telecommunications infrastructure.

When Margaret Thatcher sold British Telecom for 3.6 billion in 1984, it became not only, at the time, the largest stock flotation in history, but also a watershed moment in the rise of neoliberalism and deregulation. In Visions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262546299
• ISBN13: 9780262546294
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"