| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Main Themes and Organization of the Book; 1: Introduction to the New International Information System; 2: Building the International Cable System; 3: Raising False Hopes: International Communications and International Crises in Latin America, 1866-1881; 4: War, Diplomacy, and Propaganda: Chilean-U.S. Relations, 1866-1880s; 5: European Intrusions, Domestic Disorder, and U.S. Armed Intervention: Central America in the 1880s; 6: Confrontation via the Information System: Chile and the United States, 1889-1892. |
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7: Popularization of the Imperial Mentality: From Border Crisis to Hemispheric Hegemony8: Propaganda, Public Uproar, and the Threat of War: The United States, Great Britain, and the Venezuelan Boundary Controversy; 9: Information Flow and Revolution: Cuba, Spain, and the United States; 10: Diplomacy Under Stress: Washington, Havana, and Madrid; 11: Information Flow, the U.S. Press, and the War with Spain; 12: The Panama Conspiracy; 13: Celebrations of Heroism and Power; Conclusion: The Ominous Triumph of Popular Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Journalism -- History.
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Journalism. |
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History. |
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Journalism -- Technological innovations.
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Journalism -- Technological innovations. |
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Online journalism.
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Online journalism. |
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Digital media.
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Digital media. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Britton, John A. Cables, crises, and the press 9780826353979 (DLC) 2013030754 (OCoLC)840460687 |
| ISBN |
9780826353986 (electronic) |
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0826353983 (electronic) |
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9780826353979 (hardback) |
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0826353975 (hardback) |
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