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Cables, crises, and the press : the geopolitics of the new international information system in the Americas, 1866-1903 /
In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information t...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826353986 0826353983 |