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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Wu, Tim (Atlantic Books)
At the heart of this fascinating book is one of the central questions of our age - rendered more urgent by recent events in the Arab world: is the internet a revolutionary innovation that will overthrow the established order... or will it turn out to have been an unruly technology, that will never escape the controlling embrace of corporations and governments? (Guardian)
384 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781848879867 |
| Publishers | Atlantic Books |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 130 × 197 × 30 mm · 316 g |
| Language | English |
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