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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A thorough reference source,
By Dan Jones (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: History of the Internet: A Chronology, 1843 to the Present (Library Binding)
This book provides excellent background, particularly of the various developments of the prior century which bear on the character of the Internet's founding. As a reference book, the style of summaries to open each chapter and italicsized summaries at the head of each year may be fine, but they result in unnecessary repetition for the reader who intends to read the whole book as a history.The editors' decision to use present-perfect tense on past events seemed, at times, disconcerting; as did the decision to handle events on a straight chronological basis rather than to follow a specific development through a multi-year transistion in a single section. The book has an excellent bibliography at the end for further reading on key points of interest. It is good to be aware of this from the start, since the book does not use footnotes and, when read as a whole, there were times when I wanted that "hyperlink to more details." |
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History of the Internet: A Chronology, 1843 to the Present by Theresa M. Senft (Library Binding - April 1, 1999)
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