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Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Simone Fari

    1. University of Granada, Spain

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Origins of the Telegraph Service

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 4-41

  4. Constitutive Choices

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 42-62

  5. From Monopoly to Free Competition

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 63-104

  6. The Duopoly

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 105-133

  7. The Triumph of the Oligopoly

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 134-160

  8. Nationalization

    • Simone Fari
    Pages 161-204

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 205-207

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 208-235
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This study offers an analysis of the technological and entrepreneurial features of the Victorian telegraph service, together with the companies which ran it until nationalization in 1869. It shows a historical reconstruction mainly based on original and unedited documents belonging to a variety of archives.

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  • University of Granada, Spain

    Simone Fari

About the author

Simone Fari is Assistant Professor of Economic History at the University of Granada, Spain. He has been Post-Doctoral Assistant at University of Lugano, Switzerland, and 'Earth Connected' Research Fellow at the London Science Museum, UK. He first studied telecommunications history at the University of Bari, Italy, and also studied financial history during a Post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Torino, Italy. He has published A Penisola in Comunicazione (2008), as well as many articles in international reviews.

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