The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers
by
 
Standage, Tom.

Title
: 
The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers

Author
: 
Standage, Tom.

ISBN
: 
9780802716040

Personal Author
: 
Standage, Tom.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Walker, 2007.

Physical Description
: 
xv, 233 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

General Note
: 
Includes new Afterword.

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.

Subject Term
: 
Telegraph -- History.


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