Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

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.

Author: Simone Fari
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/31/2015
Pages: 235
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137406514

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.