Networks of modernity Germany in the age of the telegraph, 1830-1880 Johnston, Jean-Michel 1989- creator author. Oxford University Press text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2021 2021 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, maps "This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of Germany by investigating the origins and impact of the 'communications revolution' that transformed state and society during the nineteenth century. It focuses upon the period 1830-80, exploring the interactions between the many different actors who developed, administered, and used one of the most important technologies of the period--the electric telegraph. Drawing upon evidence from Prussia, Bavaria, Bremen, and a number of towns across Central Europe, it reveals the channels through which knowledge circulated across the region, stimulating both collaboration and confrontation between the scientists, technicians, businessmen, and bureaucrats involved in bringing the telegraph to life. It highlights the technology's impact upon the conduct of trade, finance, news distribution, and government in the tumultuous decades that witnessed the 1848 revolutions, the wars of unification, and the establishment of the Kaiserreich in 1871. Following the telegraph lines themselves, it weaves together the changes which took place at a local, regional, national, and eventually global level, revisiting the technology's impact upon concepts of space and time, and highlighting the importance of this period in laying the foundations for Germany's experience of a profoundly ambiguous, networked modernity"--Publisher's description. Jean-Michel Johnston. e-gx--- Communication Germany History 19th century Telegraph Germany History 19th century Technology and civilization History 19th century Technology and state Germany History 19th century Germany History 1789-1900 Information Allemagne Histoire 19e siècle Technologie et civilisation Histoire 19e siècle Politique scientifique et technique Allemagne Histoire 19e siècle Allemagne Histoire 1789-1900 Communication Technology and civilization Technology and state Telegraph Germany 1789-1900 fast P92.G4 J64 2021 302.2094309034 Networks of modernity Johnson, Jean-Michel. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 First edition. (OCoLC)1227272652 Studies in German history (Oxford University Press) 9780192598943 0192598945 9780192598936 0192598937 9780191890055 0191890057 0198856881 9780198856887 https://academic.oup.com/book/39399 EBLCP 210501 20240201202350.1 in00004770014 eng