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Author Wenzlhuemer, Roland, author.

Title Connecting the nineteenth-century world : the telegraph and globalization / Roland Wenzlhuemer
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
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Subject 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
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
Globalization
Social networks
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Telecommunication systems
Telegraph
Globalisierung
Technischer Fortschritt
Telegraf
Telegrafie.
Internationalisatie.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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