wires that bind
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Presentation Given at the PGF of the GAAS, Erlangen, November 2-4, 2007.TRANSCRIPT
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Wires That BindTechnology, Democracy, and
Nationhood in the Mirror of the Media1877-1914
Torsten KathkeAmerika-Institut
LMU München
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The Long 19th Century 1780-1914
Constitution
Early Republic
War of 1812
Age of Jackson
Slavery and Civil War
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The Nation
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities
sovereign
geographically finite
community of equals
imagined
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Technological Advances
1820 Agrarian Society
1865 Civil War, modern technologies utilized
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American Progress a.k.a. Manifest Destiny John Gast, 1872
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Track in KilometersRailroads,1870-1916
Workers Laying TrackWestern History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library
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30
60
90
1850 1870
Travel Time/ Days (ca.)
New York to San Francisco
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Technological Advances
1820 Agrarian Society
1865 Civil War, modern technologies utilized
1900 Transcontinental Industrial Society
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The Media
Yellow Press
Big Dailies (New York Times, Washington Post)
Monthlies and Weeklies (Harper‘s)
Small Local and Amateur Papers
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The Media
Yellow Press
Big Dailies (New York Times, Washington Post)
Monthlies and Weeklies (Harper‘s)
Small Local and Amateur Papers} National Discourses
become immediate
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Thank You
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Wires That BindTechnology, Democracy, and
Nationhood in the Mirror of the Media1877-1914
Torsten KathkeAmerika-Institut
LMU München