The Great Telegraph Breakthrough of 1866

Helen Fessenden

Econ Focus, 2018, issue 2Q, 28-30

Abstract: Economic History article titled: \\"The Great Telegraph Breakthrough of 1866: The transatlantic telegraph cable amounted to the information revolution of the day, tying global markets together in unprecedented ways\\"

Keywords: cotton; telegraph; information revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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