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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stone, Alan, 1931–
How America got on-line: politics, markets, and the revolution in
 telecommunications/by Alan Stone.
 p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56324-576-0 (alk. paper). —
ISBN 1-56324-577-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Telecommunication—United States—History.
2. Entrepreneurship—United States—History. 3. Technological
innovations—Economic aspects—United States—History.
4. Information society—United States—History. I. Title.
HE7775.S78 1997
384′.0973—dc21       97-7903
CIP

ISBN 13: 9781563245770 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 9781563245763 (hbk)