Wiring the world : the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks /

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'Wiring the World' is a cultural and social history that explores how the large Anglo-American cable companies won out over alternative visions. Bitter rivalries emerged over telegram prices, visions for world peace, scientific innovation, and the role of the nation-state. Such struggles d...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Müller, Simone M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Collection:Columbia studies in international and global history.
Sujets:
Telegraph > History.
Transatlantic cables.
Telegraph > Economic aspects.
Câbles sous-marins > Atlantique, Océan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Telegraph
Telegraph > Economic aspects
Transatlantic cables
Telegrafie
Media Studies.
Atlantique (océan) > nord.
Etats-Unis.
Europe.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The class of 1866
  • Networking the Atlantic
  • The battle for cable supremacy
  • The imagined globe
  • Weltcommunication
  • The professionalization of the telegraph engineer
  • Cable diplomacy and imperial control
  • The wiring of the world
  • Appendix: Actors of globalization
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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