Communications Under the Seas (2009) (edit title/settings)

The Evolving Cable Network and its Implications

by Bernard Finn (Editor), Daqing Yang (Editor) (edit contributors)

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By the end of the twentieth century, fiber-optic technology had made possible a worldwide communications system of breathtaking speed and capacity. This amazing network is the latest evolution of communications technologies that began with undersea telegraph cables in the 1850s and continued... read more

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The Technological Challenge
1Introduction - Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang
2Submarine Telegraphy: A Study in Technical Stagnation - Bernard Finn
3Bridging the Gap: The Cable and Its Challengers, 1918–1988 - Jonathan Reed Winkler
4Fiber-Optic Submarine Cables L Covering the Ocean Floor with Glass - Jeff Hecht

Managing the Network
5The International Telegraph Union: The Cable Companies and the Governments - Jorma Ahvenainen
6The Origins of Cable and Wireless Limited, 1918–1939:Capitalism, Imperialism, and Technical Change - Robert Boyce
7Small Nation, International Submarine Telegraphy, and International Politics: The Great Northern Telegraph Company, 1869–1940 - Kurt Jacobsen
8Je t’aime, moi non plus: The Development of Atlantic Submarine Cables and the Complexity of the French-American Dialogue, 1870–1960 - Pascal Griset

Nations and Networks
9Strategic and Military Aspects of Submarine Telegraph Cables, 1851–1945 - Daniel R. Headrick
10Submarine Cables and Diplomatic Culture - David Paull Nickles
11Submarine Cables and the Two Japanese Empires - Daqing Yang

Conclusions and Commmmentary
12The Geopolitical Implications of Communication under the Seas - Peter J. Hugill
Appendix: Archival Sources for the History of Submarine Cables
Bibliography
Index

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This book is in Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. (community list)

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Bernard Finn (Editor)
Daqing Yang (Editor)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2009
ISBN: 978-0-262-01286-7
Page Count: 360

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Dewey: 621.3878409162

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