Cables, Crises, and the Press
The Geopolitics of the New Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903
In 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 States, the building of the international cable netw…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-5398-6
- EAN: 9780826353986
- Produktnummer: 34255727
- Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 488 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 54'594 KB
Über den Autor
John A. Britton has taught courses in Latin American, United States, and world history at Francis Marion University since 1972.
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