The story of telecommunications /
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| Author / Creator: | Oslin, George P., 1899-1996 |
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| Imprint: | Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 1992. |
| Description: | xii, 507 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Telecommunication -- History Telecommunication -- United States -- History. Telecommunication. United States. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1491848 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Man's Rebellion against Time and Space
- Ch. 2. Morse: Artist and Telegraph Inventor
- Ch. 3. The First Telegraph Lines (1844-1847)
- Ch. 4. Progress South and West (1845-1851)
- Ch. 5. Fight to Control Midwest (1847-1854)
- Ch. 6. Birth of Our Telegraph System (1851-1861)
- Ch. 7. Pony Express and Western Lines
- Ch. 8. First Transcontinental Line
- Ch. 9. The Telegraph in the Civil War
- Ch. 10. Russian-American Expedition Adds Alaska
- Ch. 11. The Story of Submarine Cables
- Ch. 12. The First Transatlantic Cable
- Ch. 13. The Telegraph Expands (1866-1881)
- Ch. 14. The Telephone
- Ch. 15. Prelude to Modern Communications (1881-1909)
- Ch. 16. A.T.&T., Western Union Merger, Divorce
- Ch. 17. Wireless Telegraph, Cables, World War I
- Ch. 18. Early to Modern Operating Progress
- Ch. 19. Facsimile, World War II, and Disastrous Merger
- Ch. 20. Microwaves, Private Wires, National Defense
- Ch. 21. The Computer Would We Live In
- Ch. 22. Satellite Communications
- Ch. 23. Our Communications World Disrupted
- Ch. 24. Divestment Sparks Revolutionary Change
- Ch. 25. Living in Our information Age.