How Not to Network a Nation
The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet
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- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2017
Summary
How, despite thirty years of effort, Soviet attempts to build a national computer network were undone by socialists who seemed to behave like capitalists.
Between 1959 and 1989, Soviet scientists and officials made numerous attempts to network their nation—to construct a nationwide computer network. None of these attempts succeeded, and the enterprise had been abandoned by the time the Soviet Union fell apart. Meanwhile, ARPANET, the American precursor to the Internet, went online in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262534666 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262534665 |
| Author: | Benjamin Peters |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Information Policy |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
[A]n immersive read that covers the ground in impressive detail.
[A]n immersive read that covers the ground in impressive detail.
—Times Higher EducationAnyone interested in the history of the internet, comparative systems, or the history of the Soviet Union should read this book.
—Marginal RevolutionBenjamin Peters
Benjamin Peters is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Tulsa and affiliated faculty at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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