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" Cables, crises, and the press : "
John A. Britton.
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847635
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Britton, John A.
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Cables, crises, and the press : : the geopolitics of the new international information system in the Americas, 1866-1903 /\ John A. Britton.
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Albuquerque :: University of New Mexico Press,, [2013]
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, ©2013
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1 online resource (xiii, 473 pages) :: illustrations, map
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0826353983
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0826353975
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9780826353979
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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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.
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Digital media.
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Journalism-- History.
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Journalism-- Technological innovations.
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Online journalism.
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Digital media.
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HISTORY-- Social History.
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Journalism-- Technological innovations.
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Journalism.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Journalism.
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Online journalism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Diplomacy.
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| Dewey Classification
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070.4
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PN4801.B74 2013eb
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HIS054000POL011010bisacsh
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