Hi, I'm happy to report that many of the Internet developers are particularly happy with "When Wizards Stay Up Late" as a faithful record of the origin of the Internet. For example, the developer of packet switching, Paul Baran, described it approvingly as the work of professional historians. I also found it a great read, and dug out the Amazon link for you: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684832674/qid=10056 04006/sr=2-1/107-4901325-1823754 Reference Rita's email thanking LivingInternet.com for digitizing archival materials, please note this gives too much credit - the site links to more than 2,000 external sites containing archival and other materials, and only the green background pages are actually from the main site... All the best, Bill ________________________________ On 12 Nov 2001, at 11:40, Jennifer Stromer-Galley wrote:
I'm presently reading Where Wizards Stay up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Hatie Hafner and Matthew Lyon. There is an interesting technological utopian thread through the book, as the authors interview each of the key players who helped develop the technology that we now call the Internet.
Best, ~Jenny Stromer-Galley
Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania jstromer@asc.upenn.edu http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/jstromer <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/jstromer>
-----Original Message----- From: Merav Katz [mailto:merav_kats@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 10:41 AM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] cultural history of the Internet
hi all,
i'm writing a dissertation on technological utopianism and the Internet and currently compling a list of scholarly works that can be considered a cultural history of the Internet.
any of your ideas, comments, and suggestions will be mostly welcome,
tnx,
Merav
Merav Katz Ph.D candidate Graduate program for History & Philosophy of Science Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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