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wakest ⁂

anyone have a recommendation for a book about the history of global postal services and the effects of the telegram and telegraph on it? #BookRecs

21 Jul 2022 at 13:35 | Open on social.wake.st
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wakest ⁂

would like one not rooted in talking about it thru the lens of capitalism and competition but thru its effects on global communication and transfiguration

21 Jul 2022 at 13:39 | Open on social.wake.st
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shusha

@liaizon have you checked infrastructure studies? Might be in journals rather than books, but your focus would be met.

21 Jul 2022 at 20:56 | Open on post.lurk.org
wakest ⁂

@shusha have any places you'd recommend checking?

21 Jul 2022 at 21:09 | Open on social.wake.st
shusha

@liaizon I would probably start with a web search about infrastructure studies and journal, and then look through the issue topics. Also anthropology could work. Do you have an institutional affiliation? Otherwise it is sometimes difficult to get the full article, but abstracts should be available on the journal's website. (I can help with access when I am back in 10 days if needed.)

21 Jul 2022 at 21:29 | Open on post.lurk.org
Hart of the Wud

@liaizon Kittler's "Optical Media" talks mostly about the relation of text and image in Europe but later he gets into electronic transmission of both.

21 Jul 2022 at 14:35 | Open on post.lurk.org
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