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This blog post is simplified cliff notes of Abbate's book. Sue Greenwood quotes Abbate and outlines the information, but doesn't give her opinion about the book.
Janet Abbate's book is accessible there, for further details, if interested - https://openlibrary.org/works/
After reading Joel McKim's review, I'm not particularly interested in further reading. I would if she had followed through with her second objective of exploring today's use and change to the social structure. I am interested in what Castells is exploring, but in a more readable (for me) manner.
Do you know about Open Library ? Thank you for reminding me of this useful source.
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Manuel Castells in Wikipedia
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ABBATE, J. (1999) INVENTING THE INTERNET (PART ONE) by Sue Greenwood
This blog post is simplified cliff notes of Abbate's book. Sue Greenwood quotes Abbate and outlines the information, but doesn't give her opinion about the book.
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McKim, J. 2001. Review of Inventing the Internet by Janet Abbate. Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 26:1
Joel McKim feels Janet Abbate falls short in her intentions to focus on the narratives of use concerning the internet instead of the common narratives of production. If she had in fact achieved her thesis I would be interested in reading the book for a better understanding of how the internet is affecting our world today.
Janet Abbate's book is accessible there, for further details, if interested - https://openlibrary.org/works/
Do you know about Open Library ? Thank you for reminding me of this useful source.
And do you know too about World Catalog - https://www.worldcat.org/ - for further access to physical versions or a book near you, as well as online versions? Also very helpful