Author: John R. Parker
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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American Signal Book, Or, The United States Telegraph Vocabulary
Author: John R. Parker
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Alphabetical Catalogue of the Navy Department Library
Author: United States. Library
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Rogers and Black's American Semaphoric Signal Book
Author: Henry J. Rogers
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Category : Cipher and telegraph codes
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : Cipher and telegraph codes
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Army and Navy Chronicle
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Network Nation
Author: Richard R. John
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674088131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The telegraph and the telephone were the first electrical communications networks to become hallmarks of modernity. Yet they were not initially expected to achieve universal accessibility. In this pioneering history of their evolution, Richard R. John demonstrates how access to these networks was determined not only by technological imperatives and economic incentives but also by political decision making at the federal, state, and municipal levels. In the decades between the Civil War and the First World War, Western Union and the Bell System emerged as the dominant providers for the telegraph and telephone. Both operated networks that were products not only of technology and economics but also of a distinctive political economy. Western Union arose in an antimonopolistic political economy that glorified equal rights and vilified special privilege. The Bell System flourished in a progressive political economy that idealized public utility and disparaged unnecessary waste. The popularization of the telegraph and the telephone was opposed by business lobbies that were intent on perpetuating specialty services. In fact, it wasnÕt until 1900 that the civic ideal of mass access trumped the elitist ideal of exclusivity in shaping the commercialization of the telephone. The telegraph did not become widely accessible until 1910, sixty-five years after the first fee-for-service telegraph line opened in 1845. Network Nation places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing and provocative book persuades us of the critical role of political economy in the development of new technologies and their implementation.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674088131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The telegraph and the telephone were the first electrical communications networks to become hallmarks of modernity. Yet they were not initially expected to achieve universal accessibility. In this pioneering history of their evolution, Richard R. John demonstrates how access to these networks was determined not only by technological imperatives and economic incentives but also by political decision making at the federal, state, and municipal levels. In the decades between the Civil War and the First World War, Western Union and the Bell System emerged as the dominant providers for the telegraph and telephone. Both operated networks that were products not only of technology and economics but also of a distinctive political economy. Western Union arose in an antimonopolistic political economy that glorified equal rights and vilified special privilege. The Bell System flourished in a progressive political economy that idealized public utility and disparaged unnecessary waste. The popularization of the telegraph and the telephone was opposed by business lobbies that were intent on perpetuating specialty services. In fact, it wasnÕt until 1900 that the civic ideal of mass access trumped the elitist ideal of exclusivity in shaping the commercialization of the telephone. The telegraph did not become widely accessible until 1910, sixty-five years after the first fee-for-service telegraph line opened in 1845. Network Nation places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing and provocative book persuades us of the critical role of political economy in the development of new technologies and their implementation.
The New Semaphoric Signal Book
Author: John Rowe Parker
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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A Selected List of Works in the Library Relating to Nautical and Naval Art and Science, Navigation, and Seamanship, Shipbuilding, Etc
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Naval architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Category : Naval architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Miscellaneous Publications
Author: University of Alaska (College)
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature, 1724-1924
Author: James Wickersham
Publisher: Cordova, Alaska : Cordova daily times print
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Contains the titles of all histories, travels, voyages, newspapers, periodicals, public documents, etc., printed in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, etc., relating to, descriptive of, or published in Russian America or Alaska, from 1724 to and including 1924.
Publisher: Cordova, Alaska : Cordova daily times print
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Contains the titles of all histories, travels, voyages, newspapers, periodicals, public documents, etc., printed in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, etc., relating to, descriptive of, or published in Russian America or Alaska, from 1724 to and including 1924.
Telegraph and Telephone Age
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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