Jacob Ward

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Historian of science, technology, and neoliberalism. Mainly British history but Eurocurious. Assistant Professor at Maastricht University.
Maastricht Universityhttps://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jwap-ward
ORCiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-8368
Jacob WardFeb 6, 2024

My first sole-authored book just came out! Visions of a Digital Nation: Market and Monopoly in British Telecommunications is about the privatisation and digitalisation of the UK's telecom infrastructure, and why that was such a pivotal moment for the rise of neoliberalism.

It's published open-access with MIT Press:

Read more here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546294/visions-of-a-digital-nation/

Download here: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001

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Visions of a Digital Nation

Why the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitali...

MIT Press