%0 Book
%T Wiring the world the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks
%A Müller, Simone M.
%I Columbia University Press
%@ 9780231174329
%@ 0231174322
%K Telegraph History
%K Transatlantic cables
%K Telegraph Economic aspects
%K Telegrafie
%K Hochschulschrift
%K Geschichte
%D [2016]
%D , © 2016
%X Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-354) and index
%X 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.
%C Columbia University Press
%C New York
%U http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
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