Girdle Round the Earth. The story of Cable & Wireless and its predecessors to mark the group's jubilee, 1929-1979
Details:
- Author(s) Barty-King, Hugh
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages 413pp; illus
- Publisher Heinemann
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Diplomatic issues inc imperialism
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned history written by a professional business history writer. History of international telegraphy [submarine and wireless] out of England as seen through the development of telegraph services and the companies that developed them. Deals especially with the development of services to the East and Far East, and South Amercia; consolidation of the companies involved; wartime experiences; development of wireless telegraphy and role of Marconi; merger of cable and wireless telegraphy and emergence of Cable & Wireless Ltd; nationalisation. Contains a detailed chronology of events, 1815-1979 [pp393-9]. Much about Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd, Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co Ltd, Pacific Cable Board, General Post Office