[Air-L] literature on (social) history of the Internet

[englishn]

Hi....
Again...  depending on how far back you want to go...  one of my favorites is Stephen Levy's Hackers....  about the MIT Hacker club that evolved out of the model train hobbyists....  
:S
Many of them also started out as "phreakers"....  who built "blue boxes" to make free phone calls...  and ultimately, connect with each other....  

Another favorite book of mine, (unfortunately, out of print now) was about the "Home Brew Club"....  this is where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak met....  and started their collaboration....  also Bill Gates and his crew....  
:S
Hobbyists would meet to build and experiment with different combinations of units and equipment....  trade ideas....  buy and sell.... collaborate and compete.... 

Once modems became available, a network of computer bulletin boards popped up everywhere....  exchanging ideas, equipment, files, etc....
:S
When the Internet did finally open up (around 1992), these networks simply migrated onto the Internet.....  

Once Mosaic came out as browser (quickly replacing Lynx, which was only a text-based browser), the Web was born....
:)

Hope that helps...!
:)
NE.....
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Nicole English, PhD
Sociology/Psychology
EnglishN at umkc.edu
Faculty, PACE
University of Missouri-- Kansas City (UMKC)
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Hi,
Depends on the period and what you are looking for. But I like Hafner's
book Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet (1998)
http://www.amazon.com/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/0684832674

Mathias

On 02/08/15 15:56 pm, Polina Kolozaridi wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am now writing a part of my dissertation about social history of the
> Internet and looking for some good sources on this subject (or just history
> of the Internet).
>
> Could you please suggest me some articles/books about it?
>
> gratefully,
> Polina Kolozaridi
> *HSE Higher School of Economics, Moscow*
> *researcher, PhD candidate*
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