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Author Schwoch, James, 1955- author.

Title Wired into nature : the telegraph and the North American frontier / James Schwoch.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series History of Communication Ser.
History of Communication Ser.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Prevailing Westerlies: The Great Plains; 2. Storms Moving in a Ring of Fire: The Civil War; 3. Changes in the Forecast: Data Gathering, Mapping, and Weather Predictions; 4. Dreams of a Boreal Empire, Nightmares of a Polar Vortex: The Arctic; 5. Hot Winds on a Sun-Baked Desert: The Southwest; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new research with bold reinterpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact.
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Subject Telegraph -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Telegraph.
History.
Telegraph -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Social aspects.
West (U.S.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Telegraph and the North American frontier
Other Form: Print version: Schwoch, James. Wired into Nature : The Telegraph and the North American Frontier. Champaign : University of Illinois Press, ©2018 9780252041778
ISBN 9780252050459 (electronic book)
0252050452 (electronic book)
9780252041778
0252041771
9780252083402
0252083407