Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World : The Telegraph and Globalization.

By: Wenzlhuemer, RolandMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (358 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139782869Subject(s): Globalization -- History -- 19th century | Social networks -- History -- 19th century | Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century | Telecommunication systems -- History -- 19th century | Telegraph -- History -- 19th century | Telegraph -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World : The Telegraph and GlobalizationDDC classification: 384.109034 LOC classification: HE7631 .W46 2013Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 An address in global space -- 1.2 Functions and structures -- 1.3 The purpose of this book -- 1.4 The focus of this book -- 1.5 Methods and sources -- 1.6 The structure of this book -- 2 The telegraph and globalization -- 2.1 Globalization and dematerialization -- Telegraphs and railways -- The Salt Hill murder and other crimes -- Tramp shipping -- 2.2 The annihilation of time and space? -- 2.3 Actors of globalization and their networks -- 3 The technological history of telegraphy -- 3.1 Petitioning for network access -- 3.2 Telecommunication -- 3.3 Inertia -- 3.4 Technology-in-use -- 4 Telegraphy in context -- 4.1 The telegraph as a tool of empire -- 4.2 The telegraph in trade and finance -- 4.3 The telegraph and the news -- 4.4 Society and culture -- 5 The global telegraph network -- 5.1 Towards a worldwide web -- 5.2 The structure of the global submarine telegraph network -- 5.3 Shifts in global communication space -- 5.4 Trade routes and cable routes -- 6 Global centres and peripheries -- 6.1 Identifying centres and peripheries -- 6.2 Social network analysis: European telegraph circuits 1906 -- 6.3 Social network analysis: European telegraph circuits 1923 -- 6.4 Social network analysis: global telegraph connections 1881 to 1902 -- 6.5 Network use: external telegraph messages 1860-1910 -- 7 The British telegraph network -- 7.1 The telegraph and the turf -- 7.2 From private service to public good -- 7.3 The British telegraph network structure in 1868 -- 7.4 British telegraph network use, 1868 -- 7.5 London at the centre -- 8 The British Indian telegraph network -- 8.1 1857 and the telegraph -- 8.2 The growth of the Indian Telegraph Department network.
8.3 Indian Telegraph Department network structure in 1871-1872 -- 8.4 Indian Telegraph Department network use in 1872-1873 -- 8.5 Communication between Europe and India -- 9 Conclusion -- 9.1 Information, knowledge and cultural practices -- 9.2 Structures and use -- 9.3 Global spaces -- 9.4 Conclusion and outlook -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- ARCHIVED DOCUMENTS -- HANSARD AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS -- NOMENCLATURES -- OTHER DOCUMENTS -- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND CARICATURES -- SOFTWARE -- ARTICLES AND BOOKS -- Index.
Summary: A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.
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Cover -- Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 An address in global space -- 1.2 Functions and structures -- 1.3 The purpose of this book -- 1.4 The focus of this book -- 1.5 Methods and sources -- 1.6 The structure of this book -- 2 The telegraph and globalization -- 2.1 Globalization and dematerialization -- Telegraphs and railways -- The Salt Hill murder and other crimes -- Tramp shipping -- 2.2 The annihilation of time and space? -- 2.3 Actors of globalization and their networks -- 3 The technological history of telegraphy -- 3.1 Petitioning for network access -- 3.2 Telecommunication -- 3.3 Inertia -- 3.4 Technology-in-use -- 4 Telegraphy in context -- 4.1 The telegraph as a tool of empire -- 4.2 The telegraph in trade and finance -- 4.3 The telegraph and the news -- 4.4 Society and culture -- 5 The global telegraph network -- 5.1 Towards a worldwide web -- 5.2 The structure of the global submarine telegraph network -- 5.3 Shifts in global communication space -- 5.4 Trade routes and cable routes -- 6 Global centres and peripheries -- 6.1 Identifying centres and peripheries -- 6.2 Social network analysis: European telegraph circuits 1906 -- 6.3 Social network analysis: European telegraph circuits 1923 -- 6.4 Social network analysis: global telegraph connections 1881 to 1902 -- 6.5 Network use: external telegraph messages 1860-1910 -- 7 The British telegraph network -- 7.1 The telegraph and the turf -- 7.2 From private service to public good -- 7.3 The British telegraph network structure in 1868 -- 7.4 British telegraph network use, 1868 -- 7.5 London at the centre -- 8 The British Indian telegraph network -- 8.1 1857 and the telegraph -- 8.2 The growth of the Indian Telegraph Department network.

8.3 Indian Telegraph Department network structure in 1871-1872 -- 8.4 Indian Telegraph Department network use in 1872-1873 -- 8.5 Communication between Europe and India -- 9 Conclusion -- 9.1 Information, knowledge and cultural practices -- 9.2 Structures and use -- 9.3 Global spaces -- 9.4 Conclusion and outlook -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- ARCHIVED DOCUMENTS -- HANSARD AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS -- NOMENCLATURES -- OTHER DOCUMENTS -- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND CARICATURES -- SOFTWARE -- ARTICLES AND BOOKS -- Index.

A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.

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