Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New International Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2013
Author
Author: John A. Britton
Language
English
Number of Pages
473 pp.
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
City
Albuquerque, NM
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Region
Europe
Latin America and Caribbean
United States
Chronological Period
1850-1899
1900-1949
ISBN
9780826353979
Annotation
  • Introduction : Main themes and organization of the book
  • Introduction to the new international information system
  • Building the international cable system
  • Raising false hopes : international communications and international crises in Latin America, 1866-1881
  • War, diplomacy, and propaganda : Chilean-U.S. relations, 1866-1880s
  • European intrusions, domestic disorder, and U.S. armed intervention : Central America in the 1880s
  • Confrontation via the information system : Chile and the United States, 1889-1892
  • Popularization of the imperial mentality : from border crisis to hemispheric hegemony
  • Propaganda, public uproar, and the threat of war : the United States, Great Britain, and the Venezuelan boundary controversy
  • Information flow and revolution : Cuba, Spain, and the United States
  • Diplomacy under stress : Washington, Havana, and Madrid
  • Information flow, the U.S. press and the war with Spain
  • The Panama conspiracy
  • Celebrations of heroism and power
  • Conclusion : The ominous triumph of popular culture