Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission

"In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the...

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מחבר ראשי: Laakso, Seija-Riitta
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description "In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings. The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph."
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-325392026-05-04T18:58:15Z Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission Laakso, Seija-Riitta history ship traffic mail flow of information postal traffic communication Cunard Line Liverpool London New York (state) South America West Indies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTM Maritime history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTM Maritime history "In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings. The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-09-26 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:58:36Z 2007 book 617195 OCN: 1030821122 0355-8924;1458-526X http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32114 9789522228086;9789522228093 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32539 eng Studia Fennica Historica open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32114/1/617195.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32114/1/617195.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32114/1/617195.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32114/1/617195.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sfh.13 10.21435/sfh.13 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation grant and SKS 9789522228086;9789522228093 459 Helsinki open access
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Laakso, Seija-Riitta
Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
title Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
title_full Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
title_fullStr Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
title_full_unstemmed Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
title_short Across the Oceans: Development of the overseas business information transmission
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topic history
ship traffic
mail
flow of information
postal traffic
communication
Cunard Line
Liverpool
London
New York (state)
South America
West Indies
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mail
flow of information
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Liverpool
London
New York (state)
South America
West Indies
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