2. The Battle for Cable Supremacy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. Introduction: The Class of 1866 1
5. 1. Networking the Atlantic 19
6. 2. The Battle for Cable Supremacy 48
7. 3. The Imagined Globe 83
8. 4. Weltcommunication 119
9. 5. The Professionalization of the Telegraph Engineer 156
10. 6. Cable Diplomacy and Imperial Control 188
11. 7. The Wiring of the World 227
12. Appendix: Actors of Globalization 253
13. Notes 261
14. Bibliography 325
15. Index 355