Download or read book Wires, Wireless and Wilderness written by Morgan R. Blanchard and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In operation between 1900 and 1936, the Washington Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS) was the first electronic communication system to join Alaska to the continental United States. This dissertation examines the history and archaeology of the WAMCATS from a sociotechnical perspective. It examines the ways the WAMCATS adapted to operate in Alaska; how the System was affected by technological development; the experience of soldiers who built and operated the System; the System's impact on the development of Alaska; and the effect Alaskan development had on the System.