How the telegraph changed the world
By: William J. Phalen
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780786494453
Subjects: Telegraph; History
Description: "Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone four decades later"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203 - 210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Samuel Morse's invention through the eyes of the newspapers; title: Diplomacy; title: The telegraph and the American Civil War; title: The telegraph and Abraham Lincoln; title: The Atlantic cable; title: The telegraph and the railroads; title: The telegraph and business; title: The telegraph and the press; title: Western Union; title: The telegraph workers and unionism.