Blue skies : a history of cable television / Patrick R. Parsons.

1. The evolution of a revolution (origins-1930s)
2. Pioneering efforts (1930s-1952)
3. Mom 'n' pop business (1951-1958)
4. Abel cable goes to Washington (1950-1960)
5. Cable's new frontier (1960-1966)
6. The wired nation (1966-1972)
7. The cable fable (1972-1975)
8. The Phoenix (1975-1980)
9. Cablemania (1980-1984)
10. The cable boom (1985-1992)
11. The cable Cosa Nostra (1986-1992)
12. 500 channels (1992-1996)
13. "What's gonna be next?" (1997-2005).