Phalen W.J. How the Telegraph Changed the World

Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2014. — 221 p.Invented in the 1830's, the telegraph soon became indispensable. By 1851 there were more than 50 companies providing telegraphic service in the United States alone. The telegraph played a pivotal role in warfare beginning with the American Civil War, featured prominently in the creation of the first large American corporation, Western Union, and made possible long distance communication with the laying of the transatlantic cable. This book describes the global impact of the telegraph from its advent to its eventual eclipse by the telephone four decades later.Samuel Morse’s Invention Through the Eyes of the Newspapers
Diplomacy
The Telegraph and the American Civil War
The Telegraph and Abraham Lincoln
The Atlantic Cable
The Telegraph and the Railroads
The Telegraph and Business
The Telegraph and the Press
Western Union
The Telegraph Workers and UnionismChapter Notes