A history and political economy of global communication, showing how capitalism, multilateralism, modernization, and imperialism shaped the evolution of communication.
A history and political economy of global communication, showing how capitalism, multilateralism, modernization, and imperialism shaped the evolution of communication.
Dwayne R. Winseck is Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. He is the author of Reconvergence: A Political Economy of Telecommunications in Canada and a coeditor of Democratizing Communication? Comparative Perspectives on Information and Power and Media in Global Context. Robert M. Pike is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of many articles on the history of communications.
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About the Series ix Illustrations xi Tables xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Deep Globalization and the Global Media in the Late Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth 1 1. Building the Global Communication Infrastructure: Brakes and Accelerators on New Communication Technologies, 1850-70 16 2. From the gilded Age to the Progressive Era: The Struggle for Control in the Euro-America and South American Communication Markets, 1870-1905 43 3. Indo-European Communication Markets and the Scrambling of Africa: Communication and Empire in the “Age of Disorder” 92 4. Electronic Kingdom and Wired Cities in the “Age of Disorder”: The Struggle for Control of China’s National and Global Communication Capabilities, 1870-1901 113 5. The Politics of Global Media Reform I, 1870-1905: The Early Movements against Private Cable Monopolies 142 6. The Politics of global Media Reform II, 1906-16: Rivalry and Managed Competition in the Age of Empire(s) and Social Reform 177 7. Wireless, War, and Communication Networks, 1914-22 228 > 9. Communication and Informal Empires: Consortia and the Evolution of South American and Asian Communication Markets, 1918-30 277 10. The Euro-American Communication Market and Media Merger Mania: New Technology and the Political Economy of Communication in the 1920s 304 Conclusions: The Moving Forces of the Early Global Media 338 Notes 347 Bibliography 370 Index 403
About the Series ix Illustrations xi Tables xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Deep Globalization and the Global Media in the Late Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth 1 1. Building the Global Communication Infrastructure: Brakes and Accelerators on New Communication Technologies, 1850-70 16 2. From the gilded Age to the Progressive Era: The Struggle for Control in the Euro-America and South American Communication Markets, 1870-1905 43 3. Indo-European Communication Markets and the Scrambling of Africa: Communication and Empire in the “Age of Disorder” 92 4. Electronic Kingdom and Wired Cities in the “Age of Disorder”: The Struggle for Control of China’s National and Global Communication Capabilities, 1870-1901 113 5. The Politics of Global Media Reform I, 1870-1905: The Early Movements against Private Cable Monopolies 142 6. The Politics of global Media Reform II, 1906-16: Rivalry and Managed Competition in the Age of Empire(s) and Social Reform 177 7. Wireless, War, and Communication Networks, 1914-22 228 > 9. Communication and Informal Empires: Consortia and the Evolution of South American and Asian Communication Markets, 1918-30 277 10. The Euro-American Communication Market and Media Merger Mania: New Technology and the Political Economy of Communication in the 1920s 304 Conclusions: The Moving Forces of the Early Global Media 338 Notes 347 Bibliography 370 Index 403
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