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Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World

The Telegraph and Globalization. by Roland Wenzlhuemer
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356 Seiten
Englisch
Cambridge University Presserschienen am11.10.2012
By the end of the nineteenth century the global telegraph network had connected all continents and brought distant people into direct communication 'at the speed of thought' for the first time. Roland Wenzlhuemer here examines the links between the development of the telegraph and the paths of globalization, and the ways in which global spaces were transformed by this technological advance. His groundbreaking approach combines cultural studies with social science methodology, including evidence based on historical GIS mapping, to shed new light on both the structural conditions of the global telegraph network and the historical agency of its users. The book reveals what it meant for people to be telegraphically connected or unconnected, how people engaged with the technology, how the use of telegraphy affected communication itself and, ultimately, whether faster communication alone can explain the central role that telegraphy occupied in nineteenth-century globalization.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextBy the end of the nineteenth century the global telegraph network had connected all continents and brought distant people into direct communication 'at the speed of thought' for the first time. Roland Wenzlhuemer here examines the links between the development of the telegraph and the paths of globalization, and the ways in which global spaces were transformed by this technological advance. His groundbreaking approach combines cultural studies with social science methodology, including evidence based on historical GIS mapping, to shed new light on both the structural conditions of the global telegraph network and the historical agency of its users. The book reveals what it meant for people to be telegraphically connected or unconnected, how people engaged with the technology, how the use of telegraphy affected communication itself and, ultimately, whether faster communication alone can explain the central role that telegraphy occupied in nineteenth-century globalization.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-107-02528-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum11.10.2012
Seiten356 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 157 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 24 mm
Gewicht668 g
Artikel-Nr.18152301

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. The telegraph and globalization; 3. The technological history of telegraphy; 4. Telegraphy in context; 5. The global telegraph network; 6. Global centres and peripheries; 7. The British telegraph network; 8. The British Indian telegraph network; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix.mehr

Autor

Roland Wenzlhuemer is a research group leader within the Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context' at Heidelberg University. His previous publications include From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900: An Economic and Social History (2008) and Global Communication: Telecommunication and Global Flows of Information in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century (as editor, 2010).