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{{Short description|1992 English-language book by Arthur C. Clarke}}
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[[File:HowTheWorldWasOne.jpg|thumb|First edition (publ. [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz]])]]
'''''How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village''''' is [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur&nbsp;C. Clarke]]'s history and survey of the [[communication]]s revolution, published in 1992.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1994-12-01|title=Book Reviews|url=https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/44/4/183/4160230|journal=Journal of Communication|language=en|volume=44|issue=4|pages=183–199|doi=10.1111/j.1460-2466.1994.tb00708.x|issn=0021-9916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beauchamp|first=K. G.|date=1993-06-01|title=How the World was One: Beyond the Global Village|url=https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/esej_19930032|journal=Engineering Science & Education Journal|language=en|volume=2|issue=3|pages=104|doi=10.1049/esej:19930032|issn=2051-2147}}</ref> The title includes an intentional pun; in English ''How the World Was Won'' would sound exactly the same. 

This work is based on an earlier work by Clarke entitled ''Voice Across the Sea'', published in 1958.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Huntington|first=John|date=1994|title=Review of How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20719265|journal=Utopian Studies|volume=5|issue=1|pages=166–167|jstor=20719265|issn=1045-991X}}</ref>

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