The Telegraph and Global Communications
Examine the impact of undersea cables and the telegraph on business, governance, and the concept of 'distance'.
Key Questions
- Analyze how near-instant communication transformed the nature of global trade.
- Explain the concept of the 'death of distance' in the context of 19th-century telegraphy.
- Assess how the telegraph facilitated and strengthened British colonial control across its empire.
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