Hochfelder, David,  1965- <br/><br/>
The telegraph in America, 1832-1920 / 
David Hochfelder. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2012. 
 - viii, 250 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology .
 - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"Here the telegraph came forceably into play": the telegraph during the Civil War -- "As a telegraph for the people it is a signal failure": the postal telegraph movement -- "There is a public voracity for telegraphic news": the telegraph, written language, and journalism -- "The ticker is always a treacherous servant": the telegraph and the rise of modern finance capitalism -- "Western Union, by Grace of FCC and A.T. & T.": The telegraph, the telephone, and the logic of industrial succession. 
<br/><br/> " ... Examines the correlation between technological innovation and social change and shows how this transformative relationship helps us to understand and perhaps define modernity"--Page 4 of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421407470 9781421407975 1421407477 1421407973 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40021710628 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012012928 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB396324  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Telegraph--History.--United States<br/>Telegraph.<br/>Telegraph.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK5123  / .H63 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384.10973/09034