Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks
(Part of the Columbia Studies in International and Global History Series)
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The successful laying of a transatlantic cable in 1866 remade world communications. A message could travel across the ocean in minutes, shrinking the space between continents, cultures, and nations. An eclectic group of engineers, entrepreneurs, politicians, and media visionaries then developed this technology into a telecommunications system that spread a particular vision of civilization--but not everyone wanted to wire the world the same way...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231174322
ISBN13:9780231174329
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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