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The struggle for control of global communication : the formative century

Title
The struggle for control of global communication : the formative century / Jill Hills.
Author
Hills, Jill.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Description
327 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
History of communication
Uniform Title
History of communication.
Subject
  • Telecommunication > History
  • Globalization > History
  • Competition, International > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-314) and index.
Contents
1. Infrastructure and Information in the United States and Britain, 1840s-1890 -- 2. Following the Flag: Cable and the British Government -- 3. Wireless and the State -- 4. The United States, Trade, and Communications, 1890s-1917 -- 5. South America: Prewar Competition in Infrastructure and Information -- 6. The United States: Competition for Infrastructure in the Interwar Years -- 7. British Communications, 1919-40 -- 8. Cultural Production and International Relations.
ISBN
0252027574 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002000260
OCLC
  • ocm48811028
  • SCSB-4318695
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries