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Автор: James SchwochНазвание: Wired into Nature: The Telegraph and the North American FrontierISBN: 9780252083402Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)Классификация:
ISBN-10: 0252083407
Обложка/Формат: PaperbackСтраницы: 288 Вес: 0.43 кг. Дата издания: 15.03.2018Серия: The history of media and communication Язык: English Иллюстрации: 32 black & white photographs, 5 maps Размер: 226 x 150 x 15 Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,Media studies,Advertising industry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications,HISTORY / United States / 19th Century,SOCIAL SCIENCE / General,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies Подзаголовок: The telegraph and the north american frontierРейтинг: Поставляется из: Англии Описание: The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphys mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new research with bold interpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact. The westward spread of telegraphy entailed encounters with environments that challenged Americans to acquire knowledge of natural history, climate, and a host of other fields. Telegraph codes and ciphers, meanwhile, became important political, military, and economic secrets. Schwoch shows how the governments use of commercial networks drove a relationship between the two sectors that served increasingly expansionist aims. He also reveals the telegraphs role in securing high ground and encouraging surveillance. Both became vital aspects of the American effort to contain, and conquer, the Wests indigenous peoples—and part of a historical arc of concerns about privacy, data gathering, and surveillance that remains pertinent today. Entertaining and enlightening, Wired into Nature explores an unknown history of the West. Дополнительное описание: |
Автор: Ramge Thomas, Schwochow Jan Название: The Global Economy as You`ve Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together ISBN: 1615195173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781615195176 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 29560.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: See the global economy as you never have before in this fully illustrated, full-colour, ingeniously constructed tour of all its key components, deconstructed piece by piece in 101 illuminating infographics. |
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