In: New Global Studies, 3 (2009), S. 1-32
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Abstract
London is one of the best connected cities in the world – from a structural as well as from a functional perspective. The central finance and business districts of the metropolis feature both an extraordinarily well-developed information infrastructure and an unusually high concentration of information-dependent businesses. Outside these core districts, however, global connectivity drops massively. An informational divide rips through the global city. This paper builds on a comparatively recent understanding of ‘new electronic communications technologies as part of a long history of rich and often wayward social practices’ (Thrift) and seeks to provide a historical perspective on the emergence of global connectivity patterns. Due to its longstanding history as a global financial centre and its central position in the global and domestic telegraph network of the nineteenth century, London will provide a suitable case study to examine the long-term interplay of socioeconomic and structural patterns in the creation of global information networks.
Dokumententyp: | Artikel |
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Titel der Zeitschrift: | New Global Studies |
Band: | 3 |
Verlag: | The Berkeley Electronic Press |
Erstellungsdatum: | 21 Okt. 2015 13:23 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
Seitenbereich: | S. 1-32 |
Institute/Einrichtungen: | Philosophische Fakultät > Historisches Seminar |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 940 Geschichte Europas |
Normierte Schlagwörter: | London, Telegrafie, Großstadt, Kommunikation, Geschichte |
Freie Schlagwörter: | telegraph, London, telecommunication, network, submarine telegraphy |