The American Postal Network, 1792-1914 Vol 4
The American Postal Network, 1792-1914 Vol 4

Author: Richard R John

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 1040251056

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By covering both administrative and non-administrative aspects of the postal network, this four-volume reset edition shows how this system was part of a larger network which included different modes of transport and communication (steamboats, railroads, telegraphs) as well as political parties (the Democrats, Whigs and Republicans).

News Over the Wires
News Over the Wires

Author: Menahem Blondheim

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780674622128

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This unique history of telegraphic news gathering and news flow evaluates the effect of the innovative technology on the evolution of the concept of news and journalistic practices. It also addresses problems of technological innovation and diffusion. Menahem Blondheim's main concern, however, is the development of oligopoly in business and the control revolution in American society. He traces the discovery of timely news as a commodity, presenting a lively and detailed account of the emergence of the New York Associated Press (AP) as the first private sector national monopoly in the United States and Western Union as the first industrial one.

The Manufacturer and Builder
The Manufacturer and Builder

Author: Peter Henri Van der Weyde

Publisher:

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Billed in early issues as "a practical journal of industrial progress", this monthly covers a broad range of topics in engineering, manufacturing, mechanics, architecture, building, etc. Later issues say it is "devoted to the advancement and diffusion of practical knowledge."