LEADER 03812nam 22006611 450 001 9910815520003321 005 20230803022444.0 010 $a0-8263-5398-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001161670 035 $a(EBL)1562607 035 $a(OCoLC)863824539 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040191 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11537579 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040191 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11001135 035 $a(PQKB)11146482 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1562607 035 $a(OCoLC)863157635 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1562607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10803106 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL544764 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001161670 100 $a20130821d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCables, crises, and the press $ethe geopolitics of the new international information system in the Americas, 1866-1903 /$fJohn A. Britton 210 1$aAlbuquerque :$cUniversity of New Mexico Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (489 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8263-5397-5 311 $a1-306-13513-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Main Themes and Organization of the Book""; ""1: Introduction to the New International Information System""; ""2: Building the International Cable System""; ""3: Raising False Hopes: International Communications and International Crises in Latin America, 1866-1881""; ""4: War, Diplomacy, and Propaganda: Chilean-U.S. Relations, 1866-1880's""; ""5: European Intrusions, Domestic Disorder, and U.S. Armed Intervention: Central America in the 1880's"" 327 $a""6: Confrontation via the Information System: Chile and the United States, 1889-1892""""7: Popularization of the Imperial Mentality: From Border Crisis to Hemispheric Hegemony""; ""8: Propaganda, Public Uproar, and the Threat of War: The United States, Great Britain, and the Venezuelan Boundary Controversy""; ""9: Information Flow and Revolution: Cuba, Spain, and the United States""; ""10: Diplomacy Under Stress: Washington, Havana, and Madrid""; ""11: Information Flow, the U.S. Press, and the War with Spain""; ""12: The Panama Conspiracy""; ""13: Celebrations of Heroism and Power"" 327 $a""Conclusion: The Ominous Triumph of Popular Culture""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover"" 330 $aIn recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience. A network of insulated copper wires connecting North America, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe delivered telegraphed news to front pages with unprecedented speed. Britton surveys the technological innovations and business operations of newspapers in the United 606 $aDigital media 606 $aJournalism$xHistory 606 $aJournalism$xTechnological innovations 606 $aOnline journalism 615 0$aDigital media. 615 0$aJournalism$xHistory. 615 0$aJournalism$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aOnline journalism. 676 $a070.4 686 $aHIS054000$aPOL011010$2bisacsh 700 $aBritton$b John A$0988125 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815520003321 996 $aCables, crises, and the press$93970777 997 $aUNINA