Cables, crises, and the press : the geopolitics of the new international information system in the Americas, 1866-1903 /

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Author / Creator:	Britton, John A., author.
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013] ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	Journalism -- History. Journalism -- Technological innovations. Online journalism. Digital media. Digital media. Journalism. Journalism -- Technological innovations. Online journalism. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210070

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ISBN:	9780826353986 0826353983 9780826353979 0826353975
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience.
Other form:	Print version: Britton, John A. Cables, crises, and the press 9780826353979

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