Une politique de croissance

This article retraces the main stages in the history of the telephone in Germany: its introduction into the Imperial Post and Telegraph system in 1877 followed by the advent of subscriber networks and the confirmation of State monopoly on telephony; the modernization of the system and financial autonomy of the PTT administration after WWI; the development of telecommunications and their being placed under exclusive political and police control by the Nazis for military purposes; the reconstitution of the telephone network after the destruction of WWII, and, finally, its rapid transformation into a mass system. The author reaches several conclusions on the development of large technological systems and emphasizes the weight of political actors, the influence of initial decisions on the long-term development of a system, and the importance of an analysis of its geographical characteristics

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