Abstract

MENDOZA VARGAS, Héctor. Territory and innovation: the Mexican Telegraph Network, 1850-1910. Invest. Geog [online]. 2014, n.84, pp.96-111. ISSN 2448-7279.  https://doi.org/10.14350/rig.40011.

By the mid nineteenth century, the telegraph became one of the technological networks with greater territorial penetration in European and United States economies. In a parallel fashion, and with the appropriate technical considerations, in this paper I examine one of such local networks from a geographical perspective: the Mexican telegraph network and its transition from a private, regional network to a public, country-wide one, during the crucial period from 1850 to 1910. The manner in which this technology was arranged further encouraged the centrality of Mexico City, the state modernization, and the surveillance and integration of the country's territory.

Keywords : Telegraph; technological networks; Mexico City; centrality; territory under surveillance.

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