ISBN:
9781452941387
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (p. cm)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Electronic mediations 45
Series Statement:
Electronic Mediations Ser. v.45
Uniform Title:
Restlosigket. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version World Projects : Global Information before World War I
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Cosmopolitanism
;
Internationalism
;
Globalization
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Globalization
;
Internationalism
;
Electronic books
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The World around 1900; 2 The Unity of Diversity: Wilhelm Ostwald's World Formations; 3 World History of Technology: Dr. Franz Maria Feldhaus; 4 Systems Economy: Walther Rathenau, Man of the World; 5 As for the Rest: In Search of the World's Remains; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Translated from the German
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Permalink
