“…Rowse 'Mr Haffner...has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Sunday Telegraph…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Graff -- Files, bureaucrats, and intellectuals / Robert Darnton -- Lighting lines / Daniel Czitrom -- Time, space and the telegraph / James Carey -- The new journalism / Michael Schudson -- The telephone takes command / Claude S. …”

“…The book is divided into five sections. The first, dealing with the origins, starts from the scientific bases of the evolution of telecommunications in the nineteenth century (Bucci), addressing the developments of scientific thought that led to the revolution of the theory of fields (Morando), analysing the birth of the three fundamental forms of communication – telegraph (Maggi), telephone (Del Re) and radio (Falciasecca) – and ending with the contribution made by the Italian Navy to the development of telecommunications (Carulli, Pelosi, Selleri, Tiberio). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…THE POWER OF MOBILITY; Foreword; Contents; Preface: Welcome to the Mobile World; What's in this Book for You; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Mobility Age; Chapter 1: Technology Sets the Stage; The Gutenberg Press Unleashes Reformation and Renaissance; Bacon's Law; The Steam Engine Powers the Industrial Age; The Second Law of Thermodynamics; The Telegraph Signals the Telecom Era; ""Time Is Money''; The Microprocessor Produces the Personal Computer (PC) Era; ""Moore's Law''; Notes; Chapter 2: Redefining Communications; Redefining Business Communications; Redefining Consumer Communications…”

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“…The first news agencies started their business when the fastest technology was a combination of telegraph and carrier pigeon. They have survived several technological developments since then and have used these technologies for further diversification of services and revenues. …”

“…The PA has become a mirror of the society it has covered since its inception in 1868, and its record of political, sporting and social life since that time is a documentary account of the changing nature of Britain as it developed as a nation. This book tells the story of the people who founded the PA when the telegraph companies were privatized. …”

“…National Review "Bernard Lewis combines profound depth of scholarship with encyclopedic knowledge of the Middle East and, above all, readability." Daily Telegraph (London) "Lewis speaks with authority in prose marked by lucidity, elegance, wit and force." …”

“…'The remarkable history of an institution and its visionary founder' , Financial Times 'a fascinating account' , Sunday Telegraph 'Reuters was to news what Rolls-Royce is to cars and Lords is to cricket ...the biggest story to come out of Reuters is its own' , Daily Mail 'a fascinating, solidly-researched, and well written book' , Scotsman 'The first thing that must strike anyone opening this well-produced book . ..is the wonderful harvest of illustrations' , London Review of Books This book is intended for historians of the 19th and 20th centuries; historians of technology and communications; readers with an interest in news, business, and finance…”