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.