Dan Schiller Livres

Focusing on the social history of US telecommunications, the book delves into the evolution of major network systems from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Dan Schiller utilizes extensive archival research to illustrate how social and political conflicts have shaped this industry, emphasizing the impact of business, economic, and regulatory factors over technological advancements. This comprehensive revisionist perspective highlights the interplay between telecommunications and the broader context of the US political economy.

Delves into the ways networked systems and information and communications technologies (ICTs) have transformed global capitalism during the so-called Great Recession. This book shows, the forces at the core of capitalism - exploitation, commodification, and inequality - are ongoing and accelerating within the networked political economy.