The Telegraphic Revolution: Speed, Space and Time in the Nineteenth Century.
This article investigates the impact of the 'communications revolution' upon experiences of time and space during the nineteenth century. Focusing upon the first three decades of telegraphic communication, it unpacks the assumptions underlying linear narratives of 'acceleration' and 'time-space comp...
| Publicado en: | German History Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 47 - 77 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2020
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