The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers /: the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers. (2018)

Record Type:
Book
Title:
The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers /: the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers. (2018)
Main Title:
The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers
Further Information:
Note: Tom Standage ; foreword by Vinton Cerf.
Authors:
Standage, Tom
Other Names:
Cerf, Vinton G 1943- writer of foreword.
Contents:
The mother of all networks -- Strange, fierce fire -- Electric skeptics -- The thrill electric -- Wiring the world -- Steam-powered messages -- Codes, hackers, and cheats -- Love over the wires -- War and peace in the global village -- Information overload -- Decline and fall -- The legacy of the telegraph.
Publisher Details:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date:
2018
Extent:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Subjects:
384.109
History -- World
Telegraph -- History
Telegraph
Technology & Engineering -- History
General & world history
History
Languages:
English
ISBNs:
9781635573961
1635573963
Related ISBNs:
9781620405925
Access Rights:
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
Access Usage:
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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Physical Locations:
British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.340090
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