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A History of the Internet and the Digital Future by ISBN: 9781861897770Publication Date: 2010A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present.
Inventing the Internet by ISBN: 0585077975Publication Date: 1999In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internets design and use.
Other Resources
- Spinning the Web: The History and Infrastructure of the InternetCongressional Research Service report. Reviews the organization, history, and infrastructure of the Internet, and proposals for the future. Discusses types of applications available on the Internet, including electronic mail, World Wide Web, and Java, growth of the Internet, and costs.
- Brief History of the InternetPublished 1997 by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff
- A Short History of the InternetRead about the history of the internet, from its 1950s origins to the World Wide Web’s explosion in popularity in the late 1990s and the ‘dotcom bubble’.