• PARIS, 1865: THE BIRTH OF THE UNION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH: THE FIRST NATIONAL NETWORKS
    • THE PRE-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH: CHAPPE'S SEMAPHORE
    • THE FIRST EUROPEAN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LINES
    • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
  • INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHY: THE COMPLEX PRE-1865 DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENTS
    • CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    • THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH AGREEMENT
    • WESTERN EUROPE
    • EFFORTS TO HARMONIZE THE TWO EUROPEAN UNIONS
  • THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE (PARIS, 1865)
    • "MODERN" PARIS IN 1865
  • THE NEW CONVENTION AND ITS REGULATIONS AND TARIFFS
    • CREATION OF THE BUREAU, NOT IN 1865 BUT IN 1868
    • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 1865 CONFERENCE AND ITS INTERNATIONAL TREATY
  • ENDNOTES
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LA CONVENTION TÉLÉGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONALE DE 1865 (FACSIMILE)
  • PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE, PARIS, 1865
  • TIMELINE AFTER 1865
  • 150TH ANNIVERSARY PARTNERS