wires that bind
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Presentation Given at the PGF of the GAAS, Erlangen, November 2-4, 2007.TRANSCRIPT
Wires That BindTechnology, Democracy, and
Nationhood in the Mirror of the Media1877-1914
Torsten KathkeAmerika-Institut
LMU München
The Long 19th Century 1780-1914
Constitution
Early Republic
War of 1812
Age of Jackson
Slavery and Civil War
The Nation
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities
sovereign
geographically finite
community of equals
imagined
Technological Advances
1820 Agrarian Society
1865 Civil War, modern technologies utilized
American Progress a.k.a. Manifest Destiny John Gast, 1872
Track in KilometersRailroads,1870-1916
Workers Laying TrackWestern History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library
0
30
60
90
1850 1870
Travel Time/ Days (ca.)
New York to San Francisco
Technological Advances
1820 Agrarian Society
1865 Civil War, modern technologies utilized
1900 Transcontinental Industrial Society
The Media
Yellow Press
Big Dailies (New York Times, Washington Post)
Monthlies and Weeklies (Harper‘s)
Small Local and Amateur Papers
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
Thank You
Wires That BindTechnology, Democracy, and
Nationhood in the Mirror of the Media1877-1914
Torsten KathkeAmerika-Institut
LMU München