The Fall of the Bell System: A Study in Prices and Politics

Temin, Peter

ISBN 10: 052134557X / ISBN 13: 9780521345576

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fall of the Bell System: A Study in Prices and Politics
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052134557X
• ISBN 13: 9780521345576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

AT&T's divestiture was the largest corporate reorganization in history and has had international repercussions. It was a major development in American economic policy, and a prominent part of the deregulation movement of the late 1970s.

Reviews

This history recounts the internal debates, court cases, regulatory decisions, and legislative initiatives that led to the breakup of the Bell System. Temin (economics, MIT) and Galambos (history, Johns Hopkins) detail the company's struggle with regulators, competitors, and its own corporate culture. The authors present a comprehensive, technical study, but compared to David Halberstam's The Reckoning ( LJ 12/15/86), about the auto industry, this story lacks a grand sweep or theme. Recommended for university and large public libraries. Richard C. Schiming, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
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