LEADER 02903 am 22004813u 450 001 9910153746503321 005 20230621141038.0 010 $a9789522228086$b(PDF ebook) 010 $a9789522228093$b(EPUB) 010 $z9789517469043$b(Print) 035 $a(CKB)3880000000044302 035 $a(OCoLC)1030821122 035 $a(EXLCZ)993880000000044302 100 $a20170828h20072016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAcross the oceans $edevelopment of the overseas business information transmission 1815-1875 /$fSeija-Riitta Laakso 210 1$aHelsinki :$cFinnish Literature Society / SKS,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (459 pages) $cillustrations (some colour), maps 225 0 $aOpen Access e-Books 225 0 $aKnowledge Unlatched 225 1 $aStudia Fennica. Historica ;$v13 300 $a"Print First published in 2007 by the Finnish Literature Society"--copyright page. 311 08$aPrint version: 9789517469043 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $a"In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings. The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph." 410 0$aStudia Fennica.$pHistorica ;$v13. 606 $aInternational trade$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPostal service$xInternational cooperation$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aInternational trade$xHistory 615 0$aPostal service$xInternational cooperation$xHistory 676 $a383 700 $aLaakso$b Seija-Riitta$0985436 801 0$bAuAdUSA 801 1$bAuAdUSA 801 2$bUkMaJRU 912 $a9910153746503321 996 $aAcross the oceans$92252506 997 $aUNINA