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Tables of Contents for The Telegraph
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables and Figures
ix
2
Preface
xi
2
Introduction
xiii
8
Acknowledgments
xxi
Part One
1
66
I Origin and Diffusion of New Technology
3
34
ORIGIN OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
3
15
DIFFUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
18
8
A DIFFUSION MODEL FOR INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
26
8
NOTES
34
3
II Telegraph Innovation: Origin and Diffusion
37
30
ORIGIN
37
2
DIFFUSION
39
26
NOTES
65
2
Part Two
67
96
III Telegraph and Formal Organizations
69
28
WESTERN UNION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN BUSINESS MONOPOLY
70
7
THE TELEGRAPH & MODERN BUREAUCRACY
77
11
LATER IMPACT OF TELEGRAPHY
88
5
NOTES
93
4
IV Telegraph and the Political System: Power and Politics
97
20
FRENCH AND ENGLISH TELEGRAPH EXPERIENCE
98
2
GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
100
11
THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE DIFFUSION OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
111
4
NOTES
115
2
V The Telegraph and Culture
117
12
TIME
118
3
HABIT OF COMMUNICATION
121
1
TELEGRAPH TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL PRACTICE
121
2
SOCIAL TELEGRAMS
123
1
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
124
4
NOTES
128
1
VI The Telegraph and Social Stratification
129
10
THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW LOWER MIDDLE CLASS
129
2
OCCUPATIONAL SEX-TYPING
131
7
NOTES
138
1
VII The Telegraph and the Judicial System
139
12
PATENT LAWS
140
4
CONTRACT LAW
144
3
THE TELEGRAPH AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
147
4
VIII The Telegraph, Nationalism, and the Global Community
151
12
AMERICAN NATIONALISM
152
3
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
155
6
NOTES
161
2
Conclusion
163
6
Bibliography
169
8
Index
177