TITLE:
The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers / Tom Standage.
By:
Publication Date:
1998-1999
Publication Information:
New York : Berkley Books,
Edition:
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Physical Description:
227 p. : ill., ports.
Subject Term:
Summary:
A colorful tale of scientific discovery and technological cunning, The Victorian Internet tells the story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it. By 1865 telegraph cables spanned continents and oceans, revolutionizing the ways countries dealt with one another. The telegraph gave rise to creative business practices and new forms of crime. Romances blossomed over the wires. Secret codes were devised by some users, and cracked by others. The benefits of the network were relentlessly hyped by its advocates and dismissed by its skeptics. And attitudes toward everything from news gathering to war had to be completely rethought.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780425171691
