This volume brings together the results of fresh research into the formative years of the International Telegraph Union (TU), in the period 1849–1875. Its int

Richard A. Schwarzlose's long-awaited two-volume The Nation's Newsbrokers makes a major contribution to the history of journalism in the United States. Schwarzl

This book focuses on the history of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), from its origins in the mid-19th century to nowadays. ITU was the first int

This study offers an analysis of the technological and entrepreneurial features of the Victorian telegraph service, together with the companies which ran it unt

Here is an often cited panoramic history of the telegraph which discusses the principal telegraph firms and the key persons within them. Throughout his work, Re