"Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone f…
« Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone …
"Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone f…
The telegraph played a pivotal role in warfare beginning with the American Civil War. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone four decades later. "Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispens…
This work explores the interconnected history of telegraphy and journalism in colonial India. Drawing on a wide range of historical material and an in-depth examination of 19th-century newspapers, it questions grand narratives of 'media revolutions', aiming instead to understand…
Offers a historical review of the telegraph network, from its invention by Samuel Morse in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the social and political effects it has had on the world throughout its existence.
A new paperback edition of the first book by the bestselling author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses"--The fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twent…
"The electric telegraph unleashed the greatest revolution in communications since the development of the printing press, and its story prefigures that of the Internet in numerous intriguing ways."--Back cover.
A new paperback edition of the first book by the bestselling author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses"--The fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twent…