The Adaptive CorporationReproduces and includes commentary upon a report entitled "Social dynamics and the Bell System" prepared by Alvin Toffler with the assistance of Marilyn Shapiro, and originally submitted to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. |
Contents
The Museum of Corporate Dinosaurs | 1 |
Introduction | 23 |
What Theodore Vail Knew 18851950 | 31 |
Copyright | |
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