Nineteenth-Century Communications: Volume II: Invention, Innovation, Transformation (1)

By: Ellen Smith and Karin Koehler and Eleanor Hopkins and Nicola Kirkby and Harriet M. Thompson and Kathleen McIlvenna

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Synopsis: This volume foregrounds the close, and mutually informing, relationships between mediated communication and technological innovation during the nineteenth century. It draws attention to the fact that communication was a driver of innovation, but also considers how communication practices adapted to new media and technologies. The following themes and subjects are covered: The development of the telegraph, from the semaphore in the late eighteenth century to the wireless in the late nineteenth. Rhe shift from privately owned to nationalised telegraph infrastructure and services. Mail trains, travelling post offices, and accelerated public communication. The development of and cultural responses to steam-packet technologies and infrastructures, and accelerated international communication. The development of and cultural responses to submarine and transoceanic telegraphy. The beginnings of telephony.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 560 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040362679
Related ISBNs:: 9781040362648, 9781003036067, 9780367477073
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/30/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Nicola Kirkby, Karin Koehler, Eleanor Hopkins, Kathleen McIlvenna, Ellen Smith and Harriet M. Thompson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Nicola Kirkby
Edited by:: Karin Koehler
Edited by:: Eleanor Hopkins
Edited by:: Kathleen McIlvenna
Edited by:: Ellen Smith
Edited by:: Harriet M. Thompson