[SIGCIS-Members] Introducing myself

[Jay Hauben]

Hi Paul,

I again recommend as an accessible and still mostly timely book 
documenting the history of usenet and the internet, Netizens: On the 
History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet, by Michael Hauben and 
Ronda Hauben. In addition to the print edition distributed by Wiley 
and Sons, there is the online edition at

http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/.

The book is still being read especially as netizens exercise their 
voice and power in countries like China, S. Korea, Egypt, and 
Indonesia.

Good luck with your history course.

Take care.

Jay


On Wed, 6 May 
2009, Paul Edwards wrote:

> All -
>
> I'm getting ready to teach an undergrad course (juniors and seniors) on 
> "History of Computers and the Internet" for the first time in 7 years.
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> I'm looking for suggestions on three things:
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> 1) A recent book on the history of personal computers that's well-written and 
> exciting for undergrads. I used to use Fire in the Valley, but that's very 
> dated now.
>
> 2) On history of the Internet, I've been using Janet Abbate's Inventing the 
> Internet for years. It's a great book but somewhat inaccessible for 
> undergrads, and now a bit dated.
>
> 3) Books or articles -- again, exciting for undergrads -- on history of the 
> WWW. Please, not Tim Berners-Lee's awesomely self-centered memoir.
>
> Thanks for any and all.
>
> - Paul
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