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Communications under the seas : the evolving cable network and its implications / edited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang.
Record no.:
5606
Author:
Finn, Bernard S., 1932-;
Yang, Daqing, 1964-;
Publisher:
Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,
Year:
c2009.
Series:
Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology
Description:
303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
Cables, Submarine - History.;
Telecommunication - Social aspects - History.;
Communication, International.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
9780262012867 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262012863 (hardcover : alk. paper);
Abstract:
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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