Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

Simone Fari is Assistant Professor of Economic History at the University of Granada, Spain. He has been Post-Doctoral Assistant at University of Lugano, Switzerland, and 'Earth Connected' Research Fellow at the London Science Museum, UK. He first studied telecommunications history at the University of Bari, Italy, and also studied financial history during a Post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Torino, Italy. He has published A Penisola in Comunicazione (2008), as well as many articles in international reviews.

• Contents 1. The Origins Of The Telegraph Service1.1. The Heroic Years1.2. Experiments Along The Railroads 1.2.1. The London & Birmingham Railroad Company1.2.2. The Great Western Railway Company1.2.3. The Electric Telegraph Company1.3. The Dynamics Of The Electric 1.3.1. Ties With The Past 1.3.2. The Venture 2. Constitutive Choices 2.1. 'Ne Tentes Aut Perfice' 2.2. The Optic V. The Electric Telegraph2.3. The Pneumatic V. The Electric Telegraph2.4. Gas Tubes And Electric Cables2.5. The Penny Post2.6. Railway And Telegraph 3. From Monopoly To Competition 3.1. The Electric Against All3.2. The British: Litigation And Marketing 3.3. The Magnetic: Low Profile But High Technology3.4. The Submarine And The European: Competition At Sea 3.5. The First Mover Supreme 3.6. The Effects Of The Constitutive Choices 4. The Duopoly4.1. The Turning Point4.2. The Electric's New Majority4.3. The British/Magnetic Merger 4.4. The Consolidation Of The Duopoly 5. The Triumph Of The Oligopoly 5.1. Challenging The Duopoly5.2. The Consolidation Of The Oligopoly5.3. Submarine Telegraphy 6. Nationalization 6.1. Plans And Inquiries6.2. Against Nationalization6.3. The 1868 Telegraph Act6.4. The 1869 Telegraph Act 6.5. The Reasons For Nationalization 6.6. A New Turning Point