Communicating with distant places - Remote and telecommunication in world-historical perspective

Prof. Dr. Susanne Popp / Dennis Röder / Dr. Michael Wobring

Translation: Christian Grau

• Introduction

• 1. Basic concepts

  2. The historical significance of remote communication from a world-historical perspective

  3. Goals of the historical overview

  4. Historical beginnings of remote communication

  5. From the “Neolithic Revolution” to the propagation of the letterpress

  6. Remote and telecommunication in Modern Times

• Materials

  1. Historical sources

  2. Further materials: maps, graphs, visual materials, supplementary texts

• Literature/links

• Glossary