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Wiring the world : the social and cultural creation of global telegraph networks / Simone M. Müller
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: Columbia studies in international and global historyPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: © 2016Description: X, 371 Seiten : Illustrationenk ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780231174329
- 0231174322
- 384.1 23
- 380
- HE7631
- HE7631 HE7631
Contents:
Dissertation note: Dissertation - Freie Universität Berlin, 2012 Summary: 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 -- BibliographyCall number: Grundsignatur: 2017 A 6500PPN: PPN: 833064894
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Freihandbestand ausleihbar | Bibliothek Campus Süd | nach 0.8 | Lesesaal Technik (LST) | 2017 A 6500 | Available | 51831700090 |
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