Communications under the seas : the evolving cable network and its implications / edited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang.
Material type: TextSeries: Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technologyPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009Description: 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780262012867 (hbk.)Subject(s): Cables, Submarine -- History | Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- History | Communication, InternationalDDC classification: 621.3878409162 LOC classification: TK5103.15 | .C66 2009Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Submarine telegraphy: a study in technical stagnation / Bernard Finn -- Bridging the gap: the cable and its challengers, 1918-1988 / Jonathan Reed Winkler -- Fiber-optic submarine cables: covering the ocean floor with glass / Jeff Hecht -- The International Telegraph Union: the cable companies and the governments / Jorma Ahvenainen -- The origins of Cable and Wireless Limited, 1918-1939: capitalism, imperialism, and technical change / Robert Boyce -- Small nation, international submarine telegraphy, and international politics: the Great Northern Telegraph Company, 1869-1940 / Kurt Jacobsen -- Je t'aime, moi non plus: the development of Atlantic submarine cables and the complexity of the French-American dialogue, 1870-1960 / Pascal Griset -- Strategic and military aspects of submarine telegraph cables, 1851-1945 / Daniel R. Headrick -- Submarine cables and diplomatic culture / David Paull Nickles -- Submarine cables and the two Japanese empires / Daqing Yang -- The geopolitical implications of communication under the seas / Peter J. Hugill.
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