Dear Paul Edwards, Maybe too old, too technical or too playful but of value is: "Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue" 1992 by Carl Malamud Take care. Jay On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, members-request@sigcis.org wrote:
1. Query re. readings on global history of computing (Paul N. Edwards)
Dear colleagues,
I?m putting together an upper-level undergrad course on ?Computers and the Internet: A Global History,? and I would really appreciate suggestions for my course reading list.
I?m intrigued by the opportunity created by recent scholarship to look at regions of the world usually left out of the traditional US-UK story.
I am looking for well-written, short (or readily excerptable) work that will appeal to an audience of juniors and seniors, some from History and some from the iSchool.
I?m particularly looking for refs on Africa, Asia, and South America. I?m interested in video as well as writing, and accessible primary source collections too. Period is from Babbage to the present.