'Origins of Cable & Wireless Ltd, 1918-1939. Capitalism, imperialism and technical change' in B Finn & D Yang (eds), Communications under the Seas. The evolving cable network and its implications
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- Author(s) Boyce, Robert
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2009
- Publisher MIT Press
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- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides an overview of the early history of Cable & Wireless, notably the circumstances of its creation by merger at a time of crisis in imperial communications, of rapid technological change and of fears of dominant US economic imperialism