{"product_id":"a-slippery-slope-the-long-road-to-the-breakup-of-att-contributions-in-economics-and-economic-history-0313260257","title":"A Slippery Slope: The Long Road to the Breakup of AT\u0026T (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0313260257\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Henck, Betty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive examination of the events that led to the Bell System breakup. . . . Argues that divestiture was the culmination of a long process of change in telecommunications policy that began several decades ago. Associates new technologies, economic pressure, and social and political developments as the driving stimulus inducing a change that was a process of gradual evolution rather than programmed revolution in national telecommunications policies. Journal of Economic LiteratureThis book presents, for the first time, a complete history of the events that led to the breakup of the Bell System on January 1, 1984. Henck and Strassburg, each of whom has a lifetime of experience in the telecommunications field, correct the popular misconception that the divestiture of AT\u0026amp;T was an isolated event which by itself brought about the confusion and occasional chaos besetting the average telephone user. Rather, they demonstrate, it was the culmination of a process of change in telecommunications policy that began several decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737125912864,"sku":"NEW0313260257","price":109.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/515rbbESu0L.jpg?v=1779551302","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-slippery-slope-the-long-road-to-the-breakup-of-att-contributions-in-economics-and-economic-history-0313260257","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}