When the Medium Was the Mission The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Supp-Montgomerie, Jenna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2021.
Series:North American Religions Ser.
Subjects:
Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited)
Church and mass media > History.
Protestantism.
Protestantism
Église et médias > Histoire.
Protestantisme.
RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant.
Church and mass media.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Divine Destiny of the Shrinking Planet
  • 1. What's the Matter with Networks? Spectacular Technology, US Mission, and Global Unity
  • 2. The Great Fizzle: Protestant Affect, Obsolete Telegraphs, and US Nationalism
  • 3. The End of Distance and the End of War: The Oneida Community and US Techno- Utopianism
  • 4. "Received but Not Intelligible": Signals and Infrastructuralist Meaning
  • Epilogue: Network Resonance
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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