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The story of telecommunications / by George P. Oslin.
Recounting in epic detail the fascinating history of mankind's continuing quest for simpler, faster, and more accurate means of communicating with each other and with the world, this is a story not just of machines, but of dreamers and schemers--a personal chronicle fleshed out and verified by thousands of company documents, newspaper, magazine, and book accounts, and more than 1,000 letters and diaries of telecommunications pioneers. -- Amazon
Record details
- ISBN: 0865544182
- ISBN: 9780865544185
- Physical Description: xii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Publisher: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 1992.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-485) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Ch. 1. Man's Rebellion against Time and Space -- Ch. 2. Morse: Artist and Telegraph Inventor -- Ch. 3. The First Telegraph Lines (1844-1847) -- Ch. 4. Progress South and West (1845-1851) -- Ch. 5. Fight to Control Midwest (1847-1854) -- Ch. 6. Birth of Our Telegraph System (1851-1861) -- Ch. 7. Pony Express and Western Lines -- Ch. 8. First Transcontinental Line -- Ch. 9. The Telegraph in the Civil War -- Ch. 10. Russian-American Expedition Adds Alaska -- Ch. 11. The Story of Submarine Cables -- Ch. 12. The First Transatlantic Cable -- Ch. 13. The Telegraph Expands (1866-1881) -- Ch. 14. The Telephone -- Ch. 15. Prelude to Modern Communications (1881-1909) -- Ch. 16. A.T. & T., Western Union Merger, Divorce -- Ch. 17. Wireless Telegraph, Cables, World War I -- Ch. 18. Early to Modern Operating Progress -- Ch. 19. Facsimile, World War II, and Disastrous Merger -- Ch. 20. Microwaves, Private Wires, National Defense -- Ch. 21. The Computer Would We Live In.Ch. 22. Satellite Communications -- Ch. 23. Our Communications World Disrupted -- Ch. 24. Divestment Sparks Revolutionary Change -- Ch. 25. Living in Our information Age.
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | HE 7631 .O85 1992 | 01841 | Stacks | Available | - |
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