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Author:

Collins, Martin J., 1951- author.

Title:

A telephone for the world : iridium, Motorola, and the making of a global age / Martin Collins.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

viii, 265 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Iridium Communications, Inc.
Telecommunication--United States--History.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Iridium and the global age -- The global and the engineers -- The global and Iridium the business -- "Freedom to communicate": ideology and culture in the global -- From "it's a bird, it's a phone ..." to "Edsels in the sky": or, the end of Iridium's global vision -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1421424835
9781421424835

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002211662

LCCN:

2017030370

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)