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Sublime Communication Technologies /

This lively new study is a critical cultural history of communication technologies, from railways and telegraphy to computers and the Internet, in which Rod Giblett argues that these technologies play a pivotal role in the cultural history of modernity and its project of the sublime.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giblett, Rod (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Cultural and Media Studies.
Cultural History.
Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Civilization > History.
Communication.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This lively new study is a critical cultural history of communication technologies, from railways and telegraphy to computers and the Internet, in which Rod Giblett argues that these technologies play a pivotal role in the cultural history of modernity and its project of the sublime.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 218 pages)
ISBN:9780230584020
DOI:10.1057/9780230584020