The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers / Tom Standage.

Author
Standage, Tom [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Pbk. ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Walker, 2007.
Description
xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

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    Summary note
    "The electric telegraph unleashed the greatest revolution in communications since the development of the printing press, and its story prefigures that of the Internet in numerous intriguing ways."--Back cover.
    Notes
    Includes new afterword.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-221) and index.
    Contents
    • The mother of all networks
    • Strange, fierce fire
    • Electric skeptics
    • The thrill electric
    • Wiring the world
    • Steam-powered messages
    • Codes, hackers, and cheats
    • Love over the wires
    • War and peace in the global village
    • Information overload
    • Decline and fall
    • The legacy of the telegraph.
    ISBN
    • 0802716040 ((paperback))
    • 9780802716040 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    222001078
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