Article ID: CBB394679583

Chess by Cable: On the Interrelation of Technology and Sports in the Making of the Modern World (2013)

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This article on 'chess by cable' explores the intricate relationship between sports and technology set within the enormous societal, economic and technological changes entailed in the making of the modern world. It shows how telegraphic chess playing epitomised these developments - in its global reach, its emphasis on speed and time-keeping and the incorporation of the middle-class. For both inventors of telegraphy as well as players of chess, the merger secured publicity and served media-marketisation of their respective products. The peculiar match of telegraphy and chess, however, was grounded in their intricate relationships with notions of scientific and economic progress as well as civilisation, peace and supremacy of the Euro-American world. The article opens up new avenues in the history of Victorian sports and its intricate relationship with industrialisation and modernity.

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Authors & Contributors
Moore, William D.
Garza, James A.
Pereira, Hugo Silveira
Yi, Yuan
Darling, Linda T.
Carlino, Philip
Concepts
Technology and society
Technology and economics
Industrialization
Modernization
Technology
Technology and politics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Americas
United States
Portugal
Germany
Anatolia (Turkey)
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