author = { Müller, Simone M. },

title = { Wiring the world the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks },

publisher = {Columbia University Press},

publisher = {},

isbn = {9780231174329},

isbn = {0231174322},

keywords = { Telegraph History , Transatlantic cables , Telegraph Economic aspects , Telegrafie , Hochschulschrift , Geschichte },

year = {[2016]},

abstract = {Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-354) and index},

abstract = {AcknowledgementsIntroduction: actors of globalization and the wiring of the world -- Atlantic beginnings : the class of 1866 and the formation of "telegraphic" networks -- Come to wire the world : world economy and the battle for Atlantic cable supremacy -- The imagined globe : of the electric union, universal peace and the "great civilizer" -- Weltcommunication : economic intelligence, global news and "social messaging" -- The world's telegraphic knowledge and the professionalization of the telegraph engineer -- The politics of the world's electric nerves : strategic nationalism, cable diplomacy, and imperial control -- Conclusion: the class of 1866 and globalization -- Appendix: the actors' biographies -- Bibliography.},

booktitle = {Columbia studies in international and global history},

address = { New York , },

url = { http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2 }