Connecting the nineteenth-century world : the telegraph and globalization /
Wenzlhuemer, Roland,
Connecting the nineteenth-century world : the telegraph and globalization / Roland Wenzlhuemer. - 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Telegraph and Globalization -- The Technological History of Telegraphy -- Telegraphy in Context -- The Global Telegraph Network -- Global Centres and Peripheries -- The British Telegraph Network -- The British Indian Telegraph Network -- Conclusion.
A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.
Text in English.
9781139776837 1139776835 9781139177986 1139177982 9781139779876 1139779877 9781139782869 113978286X 1139794221 9781139794220 1139889249 9781139889247 1139783793 9781139783798 1139778358 9781139778350
10.1017/CBO9781139177986 doi
405898 MIL
1800-1899
Telegraph--History--19th century.
Telegraph--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Globalization--History--19th century.
Technological innovations--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Telecommunication systems--History--19th century.
Social networks--History--19th century.
Mondialisation--Histoire--19e siècle.
Innovations--Aspect social--Histoire--19e siècle.
Systèmes de télécommunications--Histoire--19e siècle.
Réseaux sociaux--Histoire--19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Telecommunications.
Globalization
Social networks
Technological innovations--Social aspects
Telecommunication systems
Telegraph
Globalisierung
Technischer Fortschritt
Telegraf
Telegrafie.
Internationalisatie.
History
HE7631 / .W46 2013eb
384.109/034
Connecting the nineteenth-century world : the telegraph and globalization / Roland Wenzlhuemer. - 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Telegraph and Globalization -- The Technological History of Telegraphy -- Telegraphy in Context -- The Global Telegraph Network -- Global Centres and Peripheries -- The British Telegraph Network -- The British Indian Telegraph Network -- Conclusion.
A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.
Text in English.
9781139776837 1139776835 9781139177986 1139177982 9781139779876 1139779877 9781139782869 113978286X 1139794221 9781139794220 1139889249 9781139889247 1139783793 9781139783798 1139778358 9781139778350
10.1017/CBO9781139177986 doi
405898 MIL
1800-1899
Telegraph--History--19th century.
Telegraph--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Globalization--History--19th century.
Technological innovations--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Telecommunication systems--History--19th century.
Social networks--History--19th century.
Mondialisation--Histoire--19e siècle.
Innovations--Aspect social--Histoire--19e siècle.
Systèmes de télécommunications--Histoire--19e siècle.
Réseaux sociaux--Histoire--19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Telecommunications.
Globalization
Social networks
Technological innovations--Social aspects
Telecommunication systems
Telegraph
Globalisierung
Technischer Fortschritt
Telegraf
Telegrafie.
Internationalisatie.
History
HE7631 / .W46 2013eb
384.109/034