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UNINA9910966933903321 |
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Autore |
Hess Earl J |
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Titolo |
The Civil War in the West : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi / / Earl J. Hess |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2012 |
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979-88-908703-0-8 |
0-8078-7231-8 |
1-4696-0189-3 |
0-8078-6984-8 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (411 p.) |
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The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
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Southwest, Old History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
Mississippi River Valley History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This volume of the Littlefield series is devoted to the land and river campaigns that took place in the Western theater of operations--from the Mississippi River eastward to the Appalachian Highlands"--Preface. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Spring and summer 1861 -- Fall 1861 -- Fort Henry to Corinth -- Occupation -- The Gulf -- Kentucky and Corinth -- Winter campaigns -- The Vicksburg Campaign and siege -- Occupation and Port Hudson -- From Tullahoma to Knoxville -- Administering the western conquests -- Atlanta -- Behind the lines -- Fall turning point -- The last campaigns -- End game. |
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The Western theater of the Civil War, rich in agricultural resources and manpower and home to a large number of slaves, stretched 600 miles north to south and 450 miles east to west from the Appalachians to the Mississippi. If the South lost the West, there would be little hope of preserving the Confederacy. Earl J. Hess's comprehensive study of how Federal forces conquered and held the West examines the geographical difficulties of conducting campaigns in a vast land, as well as the toll irregular warfare took on soldiers and civilians alike. Hess balances a thorough knowledge of the battle l |
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UNINA9910970817603321 |
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Autore |
Winston Brian |
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Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet / / Brian Winston |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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1-134-76632-7 |
1-280-33182-8 |
0-203-02437-0 |
1-134-76633-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Mass media - Technological innovations - History |
Communication - Technological innovations - History |
Communication - Social aspects |
Mass media - Social aspects |
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Monografia |
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Rev. ed. of: Misunderstanding media. 1986. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360) and index. |
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Cover; MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: A HISTORY: FROM THE TELEGRAPH TO THE INTERNET; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: A STORM FROM PARADISE: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, DIFFUSION AND SUPPRESSION; THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION AS HYPERBOLE; MODELLING CHANGE; 'INVENTION'; PART I PROPAGATING SOUND AT CONSIDERABLE DISTANCES; 1 THE TELEGRAPH; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE TO IDEATION: STATIC ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPHS; PROTOTYPES, NECESSITY AND 'INVENTION': DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPHS; SUPPRESSION AND DIFFUSION: OWNING THE TELEGRAPH; 2 BEFORE THE SPEAKING TELEPHONE |
SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE: THE TELEPHONEIDEATION: SPEECH TRANSMITTED BY ELECTRICITY; PROTOTYPES: ELECTRICAL SPEAKING TELEPHONES BEFORE 1877; 3 THE CAPTURE OF SOUND; SUPERVENING NECESSITY: THE TELEPHONE AND THE OFFICE; 'INVENTION': CREATING THE TELEPHONE TO ORDER; SUPPRESSION AND DIFFUSION: THE |
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TELEPHONE AFTER 1900; 'INVENTING' A SPIN-OFF: THE RECORD; PART II THE VITAL SPARK AND FUGITIVE PICTURES; 4 WIRELESS AND RADIO; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE TO IDEATION: FROM SPARK TO WIRELESS; NECESSITY, DIFFUSION AND SUPPRESSION: IRONCLADS AND TELEGRAMS; 'INVENTION': FROM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TO RADIO |
IDEATION AND NECESSITY: THE IDEA OF BROADCASTINGSUPPRESSION AND DIFFUSION: VALVES/TUBES, FM AND CARTELS; LIVING WITH RADIO; 5 MECHANICALLY SCANNED TELEVISION; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE: LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY; IDEATION: FAXES AND 'FUGITIVE PICTURES'; PROTOTYPES: MECHANICAL SCANNING; 6 ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED TELEVISION; INVENTION I: ELECTRONIC SCANNING; INVENTION II: ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC SCANNING; NECESSITY AND SUPPRESSION: ENTERTAINMENT; SUPPRESSING TELEVISION: 1935-48; SUPPRESSING TELEVISION: 1948 TO THE MID-1950S; 7 TELEVISION SPIN-OFFS AND REDUNDANCIES |
SPIN-OFFS AND REDUNDANCIES: VCRS, CDS ET AL.REDUNDANCY: 1125-LINE ANALOGUE TELEVISION; PART III INVENTIONS FOR CASTING UP SUMS VERY PRETTY; 8 MECHANISING CALCULATION; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE I: 'THINKING MACHINES'; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE II: BABBAGE; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE III: CALCULATORS-MECHANICAL TO ELECTRICAL; PROTOTYPES: ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CALCULATORS; 9 THE FIRST COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC PROTOTYPES I: ENIAC AND 'THE FIRING TABLE CRISIS'; ELECTRONIC PROTOTYPES II: COLOSSUS VS. ENIGMA; IDEATION: 'THE STORE'; SUPERVENING SOCIAL NECESSITY: THE H-BOMB; 'INVENTION': INCUNABULA |
10 SUPPRESSING THE MAIN FRAMESNO BUYERS; NO LANGUAGES; NO BABIES; 11 THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; SUPPRESSION (CONT.): IGNORING SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS; SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE: CAT'S WHISKERS TO TRANSISTOR; TRANSISTORS VS. VALVES; IDEATION AND PROTOTYPE: THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; 'INVENTION': THE MICROPROCESSOR; 12 THE COMING OF THE MICROCOMPUTER; SUPPRESSION REVISITED: THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY; DIFFUSION AND SPIN-OFFS: PC PRODUCTION; PART IV THE INTRICATE WEB OF TRAILS, THIS GRAND SYSTEM; 13 THE BEGINNINGS OF NETWORKS; THE FIRST WIRED NETWORK; THE TELEPHONE NETWORK |
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Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is limited. |
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