The Social Impact of the Telephone

"It's part public utility, part invisible marvel, and part social force. As an indispensable, intrusive artifact of modern life, the telephone is always answered but rarely questioned, its functions largely unexplored. However, with the publication of this festschrift-for-a-technology, that neglect has ended. Based on twenty-one papers presented at MIT on the hundredth birthday of the telephone, The Social Impact of the Telephonedraws together the research and insights of social scientists, historians, engineers, and journalists into a fascinating and rewarding volume." - Journal of Communicationde Sola Pool, Ithiel is the author of 'The Social Impact of the Telephone', published 1981 under ISBN 9780262660488 and ISBN 0262660482.