Bibliograph

Wiring the world, the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks, Simone M. Müller

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Wiring the world, the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks, Simone M. Müller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wiring the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

917888441

Responsibility statement

Simone M. Müller

Series statement

Columbia studies in international and global history

Sub title

the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: 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

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