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The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers / Tom Standage.
Author
Standage, Tom
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Format
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Language
English
Εdition
Pbk. ed.
Published/Created
New York : Walker, 2007.
Description
xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
HE7631 .S677 2007
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Telegraph
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History
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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.
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ISBN
0802716040 ((paperback))
9780802716040 ((paperback))
OCLC
222001078
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