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- catalog abstract ""In this comparative historical study, Charles David Jacobson explores broad public policy concerns about private monopoly and the role of government in society, while at the same time addressing highly practical questions of how to make ownership, regulatory, and contracting arrangements for municipal services work better." "For his analysis, Jacobson draws upon economic history to shed light on relationships between technology, market forces, and problems of governance that have arisen in connection with different utility networks. Focusing on four major U.S. cities - Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh - his study spans nearly two centuries, from the creation of centralized water systems in the first half of the nineteenth century and the building of electric utilities from the 1880s to the 1980s to an analysis of cable television franchising from the 1960s to the 1980s. Throughout, he argues, information and transactions costs played decisive roles in determining how well different ownership and regulatory arrangements functioned in different situations." "Based upon extensive research in primary sources and using bold conceptualizations for his analysis, Jacobson's work moves us closer to understanding the political, economic, and technological dilemmas of modern urban utility networks."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11989373.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Based upon extensive research in primary sources and using bold conceptualizations for his analysis, Jacobson's work moves us closer to understanding the political, economic, and technological dilemmas of modern urban utility networks."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""For his analysis, Jacobson draws upon economic history to shed light on relationships between technology, market forces, and problems of governance that have arisen in connection with different utility networks. Focusing on four major U.S. cities - Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh - his study spans nearly two centuries, from the creation of centralized water systems in the first half of the nineteenth century and the building of electric utilities from the 1880s to the 1980s to an analysis of cable television franchising from the 1960s to the 1980s. Throughout, he argues, information and transactions costs played decisive roles in determining how well different ownership and regulatory arrangements functioned in different situations."".
- catalog description ""In this comparative historical study, Charles David Jacobson explores broad public policy concerns about private monopoly and the role of government in society, while at the same time addressing highly practical questions of how to make ownership, regulatory, and contracting arrangements for municipal services work better."".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Waterworks -- 3. Electric utilities -- 4. Cable television and mass communications -- 5. Thinking about fixed networks in historical context.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-273) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 282 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ties that bind.".
- catalog identifier "0822941333".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ties that bind.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,".
- catalog relation "Ties that bind.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "363.6/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Cable television Government policy United States case studies.".
- catalog subject "Electric utilities United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "HD2766 .J33 2000".
- catalog subject "Public utilities Deregulation United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Public utilities United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Telecommunication policy United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Water utilities United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Waterworks -- 3. Electric utilities -- 4. Cable television and mass communications -- 5. Thinking about fixed networks in historical context.".
- catalog title "Ties that bind : economic and political dilemmas of urban utility networks, 1800-1990 / Charles David Jacobson.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".