The struggle for control of global communication : the formative century /

Hills, Jill.

The struggle for control of global communication : the formative century / Jill Hills. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2002. - 1 online resource. - The history of communication .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Infrastructure and information in the United States of America and Britain, 1840s-1890 -- Following the flag : cable and the British government -- Wireless and the state -- The United States, trade, and communications, 1890s-1917 -- South America : prewar competition in infrastructure and information -- The United States of America : competition for infrastructure in the interwar years -- British communications, 1919-40 -- Cultural production and international relations.



9780252091520

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Telecommunication--History.
Globalization--History.
Competition, International--History.


Electronic Books.

HE7631 / .S778 2002