The Big Network—How Communications reach the US—Richard Edes Harrison 1939 map
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'The Big Network—How the World Communications System reaches into the U.S. // Communications in the Pacific // The World from a German Broadcaster's Switchboard'
Published in Fortune in November 1939, Harrison’s The Big Network maps communications as the war’s “fourth front.” Across a crowded world map, coloured cable and radio routes converge on New York and other hubs, while symbols mark censorship, government ownership, shortwave broadcasting, radiotelephone, radiotelegraph and Pacific circuits. Countries are coloured by political alignment, so information routes become geopolitical lines of vulnerability and influence. The inset, “The World from a German Broadcaster’s Switchboard,” makes propaganda itself part of the network. Harrison’s message is that neutrality did not mean insulation: cables could be cut, radio beams jammed, news censored and communications weaponised. On the eve of America’s entry into global war, the map shows information moving through a contested strategic infrastructure.
Size 35 x 57 cm | 14.0 x 22.5 inches
Date Published: November 1939
Type: Vintage colour persuasive map with related text pages
Author: Harrison, Richard Edes
Publication: Fortune Magazine
Condition: Good |
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