LEADER 03745nam 22007452 450 001 9910452983703321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-79422-1 010 $a1-139-88924-9 010 $a1-139-77683-5 010 $a1-139-78286-X 010 $a1-139-77987-7 010 $a1-139-17798-2 010 $a1-139-78379-3 010 $a1-283-74648-4 010 $a1-139-77835-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000708498 035 $a(EBL)1042518 035 $a(OCoLC)833769677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755339 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11438045 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755339 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10729865 035 $a(PQKB)11780644 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139177986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1042518 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1042518 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10621732 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL405898 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000708498 100 $a20111102d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConnecting the nineteenth-century world $ethe telegraph and globalization /$fRoland Wenzlhuemer$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-61660-3 311 $a1-107-02528-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Telegraph and Globalization -- The Technological History of Telegraphy -- Telegraphy in Context -- The Global Telegraph Network -- Global Centres and Peripheries -- The British Telegraph Network -- The British Indian Telegraph Network -- Conclusion. 330 $aBy 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. 606 $aTelegraph$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTelegraph$xSocial aspects$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aGlobalization$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTelecommunication systems$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial networks$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aTelegraph$xHistory 615 0$aTelegraph$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aGlobalization$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aTelecommunication systems$xHistory 615 0$aSocial networks$xHistory 676 $a384.109/034 700 $aWenzlhuemer$b Roland$0852469 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452983703321 996 $aConnecting the nineteenth-century world$91903623 997 $aUNINA