Inventing the Internet
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Inventing the Internet is a book written by Janet Abbate. MIT Press published the book in 1999. It is in print with ISBN 0262511150. The book might be useful to a person interested in the history of packet switching, and possibly other communications paradigms, as well.
The following is a copy of the book's table of contents.
- Introduction
- White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching
- Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies
- "The Most Neglected Element": Users Transform the ARPANET
- From ARPANET to Internet
- The Internet in the International Standards Arena
- Popularizing the Internet
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
References
- Inventing the Internet - Janet Abbate (Excerpt) (http://print.google.com/print/doc?isbn=0262011727)
- Inventing the Internet - WhitePulp.com: Take a Trip Around The Word! (http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/WhitePulp/isbn0262511150/jornada24624477#TOC)