Hills, Jill

The struggle for control of global communication : the formative century / Jill Hills - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002 - ix, 327 p. ; 24 cm. - The history of communication .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Infrastructure and information in the United States of America -- And Britain, 1840s-1890 -- Following the flag : cable and the British government -- Wireless and the state -- The United States, trade, and communications, 1890s-1917 -- South America : prewar competition in infrastructure and -- Information -- The United States of America : competition for infrastructure -- In the interwar years -- British communications, 1919-40 -- Cultural production and international relations

0252027574 (hbk.) RM216.84


Telecommunication--History
Globalization--History
Competition, International--History