Wiring the world : the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks / Simone M. Müller.
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Müller, Simone M. (författare)
- ISBN 9780231174329
- Publicerad: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
- Engelska x, 371 pages
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Serie: Columbia studies in international and global history
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Ämnesord
Stäng
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: actors of globalization and the wiring of the world -- Atlantic beginnings : the class of 1866 and the formation of "telegraphic" networks -- Come to wire the world : world economy and the battle for Atlantic cable supremacy -- The imagined globe : of the electric union, universal peace and the "great civilizer" -- Weltcommunication : economic intelligence, global news and "social messaging" -- The world's telegraphic knowledge and the professionalization of the telegraph engineer -- The politics of the world's electric nerves : strategic nationalism, cable diplomacy, and imperial control -- Conclusion: the class of 1866 and globalization -- Appendix: the actors' biographies -- Bibliography.
Ämnesord
- Transatlantic cables. (LCSH)
- Telegraph -- History. (LCSH)
- Telegraph -- Economic aspects. (LCSH)
- Telegraph. (fast)
- Telegrafi -- historia (sao)
- Telegrafi -- ekonomiska aspekter (sao)
- Transatlantic cables.
- Telegraph -- Economic aspects.
Genre
- History.
Klassifikation
- HE7631 (LCC)
- 384.1 (DDC)
- Qj (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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