A Comparison of the Postal Telegraph Movement in Great Britain and the United States, 1866–1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12681614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Hochfelder (0000-0003-4129-9363, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 739-761 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Enterprise & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-2227 • E-ISSN: 1467-2235 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/es/1.4.739 |
| OpenAlex | W2122390233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article places the British and American postal telegraph movements in the broader context of a transatlantic reform tradition. More specifically, British nationalization in 1870 gave American reformers both a rallying point and a rationale for postalizing the telegraphs. The legacies of both movements were mixed. In Britain, the postal telegraph provided inexpensive and accessible service, but it soon ran a large deficit and retarded the development of the telephone industry. In the United States, reformers failed to nationalize the telegraph or to secure a place in historical memory, but they succeeded in pressuring Western Union to provide better service, and they provided the impetus for the municipal ownership movement of the Progressive Era
Context (archaeology · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Postal service · Service (business · Sociology · Scottish History and National Identity · History · Law · Public Administration
AT&T's Antigovernment Lesson-Drawing in the Political Economy of Networks, 1905-20
Failed Transmissions and Broken Hearts
New Media
The dematerialization of telecommunication
The Structure of the News Market in Britain, 1870–1914
Constructing an Industrial Divide
British business and the telephone, 1878–1911
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2011 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |