Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World - The Telegraph and Globalization

Informationen zum 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). Klappentext A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network. Zusammenfassung The global telegraph network brought distant people into direct communication by the end of the nineteenth century. Roland Wenzlhuemer examines the links between this technological advance and the paths of globalization! combining cultural studies with social science methodology to explore both the network's structure and the agency of its users. 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.

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• Authors: Roland Wenzlhuemer, Roland (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat He Wenzlhuemer, Roland (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg Wenzlhuemer, Wenzlhuemer Roland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107025288
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02528-8
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; History, Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Impact of science and technology on society, Communications engineering / telecommunications, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies