[Air-l] cultural histories of the Internet? request from a grad student

radhika gajjala radhika at cyberdiva.org
Tue Apr 15 03:46:59 PDT 2003


Hi all - I know the archives contain some info on this (and I'm digging up 
some from my own biblios) - so I sent him to the archives too - but a grad 
student is requesting the following info and will be glad for any help.

thanks,
r


>I'm hoping to impose on you for some book or article
>suggestions.
>
>
>Specifically, cultural histories of the Internet.
>
>
>With the exception of a couple of chapters here and there,
>everything I've looked at so far either goes into the
>institutional side (DARPA, TCP/IP, various legislative
>efforts) or focuses on near-mythical heros like Gene
>Spafford.
>
>
>I'm more interested in the lived experiences of actual users,
>especially pre-WWW.  What did they do, and what part did it
>play in their life?
>
>
>Any hints or suggestions?





Radhika Gajjala

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