Early Electrical Communications Technology and Structural Change in the International Political Economy--The Cases of Telegraphy and Radio

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Author(s): Peter Mcmahon

Publication date (Print): December 2002

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Keywords: Communications Technologies, Militarism, Nineteenth Century, Radio, Telegraph

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Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

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ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): December 2002

Volume: 20

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Pages: 379-390

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Mulgan G.. 1991. . Communication and Control: Networks and the New Economics of Communication . , Cambridge : : Polity Press. .
Carey J.. 1989. . Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society . , p. 212 Boston : : Unwin Hyman. .
Headrick D.. 1991. . The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics 1851-1945 . , p. 46 New York : : Oxford University Press. .
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Cox R.. 1987. . Production, Power, and World Order. Social Fortes in the Making of History . , p. 151––210. . New York : : Columbia University Press. .
van Crevald M.. 1989. . Technology and War. From 2000 BC to the Present . , p. 153––232. . New York : : Free Press. .
Kenwood A. and Lougheed A.. 1982. . Technological Diffusion and Industrialisation Before 1914 . , London : : Groom Helm. .
Sen G.. The Military Origins of Industrialisation and International Trade Rivalry . , p. 7––8. . London : : Frances Pinter. .
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Sturmey S.. 1958. . The Economic Development of Radio . , p. 16––21. . London : : Gerald Duckworth. .
Inglis A.. 1990. . Behind the Tube: A History of Broadcasting Technology and Business . , p. 44 Boston : : Focal Press. .
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[1] Ashworth W.. 1975. . A Short History of the International Economy Since 1850, . , 3rd edition. , London : : Longman. .

[2] Braudel F.. 1967. . Capitalism and Material Life . , New York : : Harper Row. .

[3] Gilpin R.. 1981. . War and Change in World Politics . , Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press. .

[4] Chapman S.. 1984. . The Bise of Merchant Banking . , London : : Allen & Unwin. .

[5] Schwarte H.. 1994. . States Versus Markets: History, Geography, and the Development of the International Political Economy . , p. 157 New York : : St Martin's Press. .

[6] Frederick H.. 1993. . Global Communication and International Relations . , Belmont : : Wadsworth Publishing Co. .

[7] Evans E.. 1983. . The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain 1783-1870 . , London : : Longman. .

[8] Bovykin V.. 1997. . “'Conclusions'. ”. In International Banking 1870-1914 . , Edited by: Cameron R. and Bovykin V.. p. 522 New York : : Oxford University Press. .

[9] Beniger J.. 1986. . The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society . , Cambridge : : Harvard University Press. .

[10] Mulgan G.. 1991. . Communication and Control: Networks and the New Economics of Communication . , Cambridge : : Polity Press. .

[11] Carey J.. 1989. . Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society . , p. 212 Boston : : Unwin Hyman. .

[12] Headrick D.. 1991. . The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics 1851-1945 . , p. 46 New York : : Oxford University Press. .

[18] Pearton M.. 1982. . The Knowledgeable State: Diplomacy, War and Technology since 1830 . , London : : Burnett Books. .

[19] Rosenberg N. and Birdzell L.. 1986. . How the West Greta Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World . , New York : : Basic Books. .

[20] Casson H.. 1910. . The History of the Telephone . , Freeport : : Books for Libraries Press. .

[21] Chandler A. . 1977. . The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business . , Cambridge : : Harvard University Press. .

[22] Gourevitch P.. 1986. . Politics in Hard Times: Comparative Responses to International Economic Crises . , p. 71––123. . Ithaca : : Cornell University Press. .

[23] Lash S. and Urry J.. 1987. . The End of Organised Capitalism . , p. 17––83. . Madison : : University of Wisconsin Press. .

[24] Cox R.. 1987. . Production, Power, and World Order. Social Fortes in the Making of History . , p. 151––210. . New York : : Columbia University Press. .

[25] van Crevald M.. 1989. . Technology and War. From 2000 BC to the Present . , p. 153––232. . New York : : Free Press. .

[26] Kenwood A. and Lougheed A.. 1982. . Technological Diffusion and Industrialisation Before 1914 . , London : : Groom Helm. .

[27] Sen G.. The Military Origins of Industrialisation and International Trade Rivalry . , p. 7––8. . London : : Frances Pinter. .

[28] McNeill W.. 1982. . The Pursuit of Power. Technology, Armed Forte, and Society since AD 1000 . , p. 264––8. . Chicago : : University of Chicago Press. .

[30] Trebilcock C.. 1969. . '"Spin-off" in British economic history: armaments and industry, 1760-1914'. . Economic History Review . , Vol. 22:: 481––9. .

[31] van der Fiji K.. 1984. . The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class . , p. 39 London : : Verso. .

[32] Sturmey S.. 1958. . The Economic Development of Radio . , p. 16––21. . London : : Gerald Duckworth. .

[33] Inglis A.. 1990. . Behind the Tube: A History of Broadcasting Technology and Business . , p. 44 Boston : : Focal Press. .

[36] Hall P. and Preston P.. 1988. . The Carrier Wave: New Information Technology and the Geography of Innovation 1846-2003 . , p. 90 London : : Unwin Hyman. .

[37] De Arcangelis A.. 1985. . Electronic Warfare . , p. 11––26. . Poole, Dorset : : Blandford. .

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