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Wired into nature : the telegraph and the North American frontier / James Schwoch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252050459
Other title:
  • Telegraph and the North American frontier
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  • TK5123 .W574 2018
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Summary: The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's 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 reinterpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Prevailing Westerlies: The Great Plains; 2. Storms Moving in a Ring of Fire: The Civil War; 3. Changes in the Forecast: Data Gathering, Mapping, and Weather Predictions; 4. Dreams of a Boreal Empire, Nightmares of a Polar Vortex: The Arctic; 5. Hot Winds on a Sun-Baked Desert: The Southwest; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's 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 reinterpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact.

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