ISBN:
9780816683512
,
9781452941387 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
296 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781452941387
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Electronic Mediations v.45
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Geschichte 1890-1914
;
Welt
;
Gestaltung
;
Projekt
;
Kultur
Abstract:
Markus Krajewski is emerging as a leading scholar in the field of media archaeology, which seeks to trace cultural history through the media networks that enable and structure it. In World Projects he opens a new portal into the history of globalization by examining several large-scale projects that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, shared a grand yet unachievable goal: bringing order to the world. Drawing from a broad array of archival materials, Krajewski reveals how expanding commercial relations, growing international scientific agreements, and an imperial monopolization of the p...
Note:
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,
Online-Ausg.:
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