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The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks by Simone M. Meuller, Simone M. M?ller Wiring the World is a cultural and social history that explores how the large Anglo-American cable companies won out over alternative visions. Through telegram prices, visions for world peace, scientific innovation, and the role of the nation-state, Simone M. Muller traces globalization's diverse paths and close ties to business and politics. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description 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. Wiring the World is a cultural and social history that explores how the large Anglo-American cable companies won out over alternative visions. Bitter rivalries emerged over telegram prices, visions for world peace, scientific innovation, and the role of the nation-state. Such struggles determined the growth of cable technology, which in turn influenced world history. Filled with fascinating characters and new insights into pivotal events, Wiring the World traces globalization's diverse paths and close ties to business and politics. Author Biography Simone M. Muller is Project Director & Principal Investigator at DFG-Emmy Noether Research Group "Hazardous Travels. Ghost Acres and the Global Waste Economy" at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Class of 1866 1. Networking the Atlantic 2. The Battle for Cable Supremacy 3. The Imagined Globe 4. Weltcommunication 5. The Professionalization of the Telegraph Engineer 6. Cable Diplomacy and Imperial Control 7. The Wiring of the World Appendix: Actors of Globalization Notes Bibliography Index Review Based on a clear knowledge of the state of the art, while adopting a solid methodology and robust concepts, Muller is able to provide a fresh history of the development of telegraph networks during the nineteenth century in a truly global perspective. -- Pascal Griset, Sorbonne Wiring the World is a story not only of technical and entrepreneurial achievement but of imperial rivalry, the rise of professions, complex cultural interactions, far-reaching social changes, and a remapping of the meaning of maritime space. Focusing on one of the major developments of the communications revolution-the linking together of much of the world with submarine cable lines in the era before World War I-Simone M. Muller's carefully crafted study contributes significantly to the history and theory of globalization. -- Emily S. Rosenberg, editor of A World Connecting, 1870-1945 (Harvard University Press, 2012) By reconstructing the social networks that linked nineteenth-century British, German, and American North Atlantic telegraph promoters, Wiring the World provides us with a wealth of intriguing and sometimes startling insights into the cultural significance of the Atlantic cable-one of the most iconic technological innovations of the age. -- Richard R. John, author of Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications An excellent resource for communications history. Highly recommended. CHOICE A valuable and illuminating analysis. Connections Based on voluminous research, and written in a clear and accessible fashion, Wiring the World is a notable contribution to the history of globalization and technology. -- Duncan Bell Times Literary Supplement The endnotes and bibliography make this book a valuable tool for scholars interested in further research on North Atlantic cable telegraphy. By introducing actor-network theory into the history of telecommunications, Muller has led the way to further advances in the field. -- Daniel Headrick American Historical Review Prizes Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2016 Review Quote Wiring the World takes a fresh approach to a classic topic in the history of globalization. By reconstructing the social networks that linked nineteenth-century British and American North Atlantic telegraph promoters, it provides us with a wealth of intriguing and sometimes startling insights into the cultural significance of the Atlantic cable--one of the most iconic technological innovations of the age. Promotional "Headline" This unusual history focuses not only on those who advanced transatlantic cable communication, but also on those who harbored alternative ideas. They might seem peripheral, but such struggles determined the growth of cable technology, which in turn influenced world history. Filled with fascinating characters and new insight into defining events, this book recognizes globalization's diverse paths and close ties to business and politics. Details ISBN0231174322 Author Simone M. M?ller Short Title WIRING THE WORLD Pages 384 Publisher Columbia University Press Series Columbia Studies in International and Global History Language English ISBN-10 0231174322 ISBN-13 9780231174329 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 384.1 Year 2016 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 10 figures Publication Date 2016-04-12 Translated from English UK Release Date 2016-04-12 AU Release Date 2016-04-12 NZ Release Date 2016-04-12 US Release Date 2016-04-12 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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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, a… Mehr…

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. Wiring the World is a cultural and social history that explores how the large Anglo-American cable companies won out over alternative visions. Bitter rivalries emerged over telegram prices, visions for world peace, scientific innovation, and the role of the nation-state. Such struggles determined the growth of cable technology, which in turn influenced world history. Filled with fascinating characters and new insights into pivotal events, Wiring the World traces globalization''s diverse paths and close ties to business and politics. Books > Science and Nature > Technology > Telecommunications List_Books, [PU: Columbia University Press]<

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Columbia University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 384 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-04-12T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.5 kg, Medienforschung, Medienwissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Industrie, Branchen & Berufe, Business & Karriere, Globalisierung, Wirtschaft international, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Kommunikation & Nachrichtentechnik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Moderne & Postmoderne, Epochen, Politik & Geschichte, Technikgeschichte, Geschichte nach Themen, Politik nach Ländern, Internationale Politik, Politik nach Bereichen, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Format: Illustriert, Columbia University Press, 2016<

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