Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World

The Telegraph and Globalization

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Nonfiction, History
Cover of the book Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World by Roland Wenzlhuemer, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Roland Wenzlhuemer ISBN: 9781139794220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 11, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Roland Wenzlhuemer
ISBN: 9781139794220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 11, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Drug Wars by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Shakespeare's Reading Audiences by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Middle Egyptian Literature by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Letter Writing and Language Change by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book The Key Texts of Political Philosophy by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Independent Politics by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book The Italian Army and the First World War by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Health Psychology in Australia by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Clinical MR Spectroscopy by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Baseball by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book Africa and the ICC by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Cover of the book What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter by Roland Wenzlhuemer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy