01889nam a2200217 a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005802000180007305000250009124501280011626000430024430000350028749000700032250400510039250510600044365000320150365000340153565000480156970000290161770000250164620230110151935.0160110s2009    mauab  grb    001 0 eng d  a0262012863  a978026201286700aTK5103.15b.C66 200900aCommunications under the seas :bthe evolving cable network and its implications /cedited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang.  aCambridge, Mass. :bMIT Press,cc2009.  a303 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.1 aDibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aSubmarine telegraphy: a study in technical stagnation / Bernard Finn -- Bridging the gap: the cable and its challengers, 1918-1988 / Jonathan Reed Winkler -- Fiber-optic submarine cables: covering the ocean floor with glass / Jeff Hecht -- The International Telegraph Union: the cable companies and the governments / Jorma Ahvenainen -- The origins of Cable and Wireless Limited, 1918-1939: capitalism, imperialism, and technical change / Robert Boyce -- Small nation, international submarine telegraphy, and international politics: the Great Northern Telegraph Company, 1869-1940 / Kurt Jacobsen -- Je t'aime, moi non plus: the development of Atlantic submarine cables and the complexity of the French-American dialogue, 1870-1960 / Pascal Griset -- Strategic and military aspects of submarine telegraph cables, 1851-1945 / Daniel R. Headrick -- Submarine cables and diplomatic culture / David Paull Nickles -- Submarine cables and the two Japanese empires / Daqing Yang -- The geopolitical implications of communication under the seas / Peter J. Hugill. 0aCables, SubmarinexHistory. 0aCommunication, International. 0aTelecommunicationxSocial aspectsxHistory.1 aFinn, Bernard S.,d1932-1 aYang, Daqing,d1964-