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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Under the Wire: How the Telegraph Changed Diplomacy (Harvard Historical Studies)
Under the Wire: How the Telegraph Changed Diplomacy (Harvard Historical Studies) Review
How did the telegraph, a new and revolutionary form of communication, affect diplomats, who tended to resist change? In a study based on impressive multinational research, David Paull Nickles examines the critical impact of the telegraph on the diplomacy of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Case studies in crisis diplomacy--the War of 1812, the Trent affair during the U.S. Civil War, and the famous 1917 Zimmermann telegram--introduce wide-ranging thematic discussions on the autonomy of diplomats; the effects of increased speed on decision making and public opinion; the neglected role of clerks in diplomacy; and the issues of expense, garbled text, espionage, and technophobia that initially made foreign ministries wary of telegraphy. Ultimately, the introduction of the telegraph contributed to the centralization of foreign ministries and the rising importance of signals intelligence. The faster pace of diplomatic disputes invited more emotional decisions by statesmen, while public opinion often exercised a belligerent influence on crises developing over a shorter time period.
Under the Wire offers a fascinating new perspective on the culture of diplomacy and the social history of technology.
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The Daily Telegraph Book of Carols
The Daily Telegraph Book of Carols Review
The carol, with its origins in folk dances and pagan festivities is a far more earthy and exuberant creation than the hymn. It is associated with sociable occasions, story telling and the pleasures of festive eating and drinking. Oliver Cromwell tried to outlaw carol-singing in seventeenth-century England, and in Scotland during the sixteenth century carols were associated with witchcraft.
The living tradition of carols, ever changing and constantly being expanded is celebrated in Ian Bradley/s enjoyable and varied collection of over 100 songs. It reflects the richness of the genre both chronologically and geographically, placing each carol in its historical context. From the fifteenth-century ‘boar's head' carol to more modern expressions of faith which refer to space travel, form African-American spirituals and a Caribbean calypso carol to old favourites like ‘O Come All ye Faithful' and ‘Away in a Manger', here are new and well known songs to read and sing along to, long-lost verses to add to your repertoire, fascinating anecdotes, stories to enjoy and tidings of comfort and joy for all.v
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Telegraph...
The Telegraph... Review
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Daily Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords (Bk. 14)
Daily Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords (Bk. 14) Review
It's big and it's clever. Crosswords of any variety can be addictive - and this new collection of cryptic puzzles will provide any crossword addict with a more than adequate daily fix of clues. Containing over 200 carefully constructed puzzles in an easy-to-use larger format, these books provide ideal portable entertainment. As always, if inspiration fails, the solutions to all the puzzles are included at the back. Read more...
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Samuel Morse and the Telegraph (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery series)
Samuel Morse and the Telegraph (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery series) Review
In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Samuel Morse developed a working telegraph in 1844 that changed the way people communicated. Read more...
Sunday, October 7, 2012
History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph (Classic Reprint)
History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph (Classic Reprint) Review
American public should be better informed, and none, perhaps, in which it should feel greater pride, than in that of the foremost invention of the age, theE lectric Telegraph; for aside from the fact that three of the best systems in use are American inventions, and that to our countrymen is due the credit of producing the first successful recording electric telegraph, it is more generally used in this country than in any other, and probably more than in all others combined, for the common convenience of mankind. In Europe, with the exception of Great Britain, the use of the telegraph is almost wholly under the control of the governments, and its use restricted by the high rates of tolls to the wealthier classes, while in this country it is alike open to all, and telegraphic despatches are household words among the poorer as well as the wealthier citizens.
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