The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, Svazek 2ABC-CLIO, 2005 - Počet stran: 282 Illuminating the reality of worldwide access to information, this expanded three-volume set is a one-stop resource for Internet history, biographies of key figures, and analysis of how the Internet operates.
This set covers the earliest roots of the Internet, from events dating as far back as the 1800s and the invention of the telephone all the way to the founding of news agencies, the first steps toward digital computing, and the development of computing technology, telecommunications, and media. This work will be of interest to students of mass media, gender, business, and social history as well as technology.
- The Chronology volume contains an extensive bibliography with hundreds of suggestions for further research - Provides a glossary of Internet-related acronyms and technological terms - The Issues and Biography volumes have lengthy Further Reading sections that follow every article |