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The Napoleonic Internet

Rob MacDougall,
November 28, 2007
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Cabinet of Wonders recalls the semaphore towers of 18th-century France’s optical telegraph network.

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Ahoy-hoy! I am actually an associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, where I teach United States history and study the history of information and communication. I also design games to teach history and promote playful historical thinking.

I received my Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2004 and my B.A. from Queen's University in the millennium before that. I have recently published two books: The People’s Network: The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age, and The Wire Devils: A Classic Mystery Novel of the American Railroad. I also co-designed and directed Tecumseh Lies Here, an augmented reality game that commemorates and critiques the history of the War of 1812. This year I am on sabbatical, which means playing with my kids, growing a big bushy beard, and writing a book about cranks and pseudoscientists in 19th-century America.

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