Global communication electric : business, news and politics in the world of telegraphy / edited by M. Michaela Hampf; Simone Muller-Pohl - Frankfurt-on-Main : Campus Verlag, c2013. - 386 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Global history ; 15 .

World politics and a global economy only became possible with the creation of global communication electric. This book examines the emergence of this global media system between 1860 and 1930 in four sections - "Inter|Nationalisms," "Agents|Actors," "Use|News," and "Space|Time" - that aim to broaden and challenge popular conceptions of telegraphy.

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Telecommunication--History
Telegraph--History
Communication, International--History
Mass media and globalization--History
Globalization--History
Globalization
Telecommunication

384.1 GL OB

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