Wiring the world : the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks /
'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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2016]
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Collection: | Columbia studies in international and global history.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |