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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
The Victorian Internet The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's OnLine Pioneers
Author: Tom Standage
ISBN-13: 9780802713421
ISBN-10: 0802713424
Publication Date: 10/1998
Pages: 227
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Walker Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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rickmillls9 avatar reviewed The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers on + 9 more book reviews
This is a fascinating and excellent book on the history of telegraphic communications and how each successive improvement made the world smaller. However, there is a glaring omission. The book ends by implying the telegraph is dead and no longer exists, when in fact, there are thousands of amateur radio operators who use telegraph keys and Morse code on a daily basis today. A final chapter describing this would have been most appropriate.
reviewed The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers on + 29 more book reviews
Loved it. It illustrated the changes to society engendered by the telegraph. In its day, the telegraph was, as the title states, the Victorian Internet.