Geographer Alan Pred had a great book about the telegraph and shipping news Pred, Alan (1973). Urban Growth and the Circulation of Information: The United States System of Cities, 1790-1840. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 20 Jul 2017, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:00:18 -0700 From: air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [utf-8] Air-L Digest, Vol 156, Issue 19

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