Inventing the Internet
Title:
Inventing the Internet
Author:
Abbate, Janet.
ISBN:
9780585077970
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, c1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 264 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
Inside technology
Inside technology.
Contents:
White heat and cold war -- Building the ARPANET -- "The most neglected element" -- From ARPANET to Internet -- The Internet in the international standards arena -- Popularizing the Internet.
Abstract:
"In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate focuses on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. She unfolds an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer scientists in academia and industry, graduate students, telecommunications companies, standards organizations, and network users."--BOOK JACKET.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=9343