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Telephone: The First Hundred Years
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Last discussed Oct 19, 2026
A 1975 history of AT&T and the telephone system by New Yorker writer and economic historian John Brooks, written with access to AT&T's records.
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Used for: Reading about the history of AT&T, telephone technology, communication and monopolies as a technology critic
Praised: Covers the history of AT&T, its technology and its system. Based on first out...
"I'm just finishing up a long book, Jesse, that I found at a used bookstore: 1975, Telephone, the First 100 Years by John Brooks. John Brooks was a New Yorker writer and economic historian who was given the first access to the AT&T records of any o..."
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