Wired into nature : the telegraph and the North American frontier /

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The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwoch, James, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Colección:History of Communication Ser.
Temas:
Telegraph > West (U.S.) > History.
Telegraph > Social aspects > West (U.S.) > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Telegraph.
West (U.S.) > History.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire.
West United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new research with bold reinterpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index.
ISBN:9780252050459
0252050452

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