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Telegraph Messenger Boys - Labor, Communication and Technology, 1850-1950 (Paperback)
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Telegraph Messenger Boys - Labor, Communication and Technology, 1850-1950 (Paperback)
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Telegraph Messenger Boys provides an entirely new perspective on the telegraph system, a communications network that revolutionized human perceptions of time and space. But the book's ramifications go far beyond just the telegraphy - it tells a broader story of human interaction with technology, and social and cultural changes brought about by this interaction. Downey argues that the telegraph network was not merely an electromechanical system; labour systems, like those of the telegraphers and the messengers, played integral roles within it. Telegraph companies presented messengers as the penultimate link within their networks: the boys were uniformed and drilled to work and behave in a machine-like manner. Through the boys' story, Downey also demonstrates that technological 'progress' is uneven: supposedly 'superior' technologies like the telephone did not kill off older ones; they often existed side by side for sustained periods of time, even complimenting each other.
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2002 |
First published: |
2001 |
Authors: |
Gregory J. Downey
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
258 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-93109-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
International law >
General
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LSN: |
0-415-93109-6 |
Barcode: |
9780415931090 |
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