Open Standards Digital Age History Ideolo… 9781107612044 Cond=LN:NSD SKU:3195288

Open Standards and the Digital Age\n\nHistory, Ideology, and Networks\n\nThis book answers how openness became the defining principle of the information age, examining the history of information networks.\n\nAndrew L. Russell (Author)\n\n9781107612044 (SKU 3195288), Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 28 April 2014\n\n326 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg\n\n'Open Standards and the Digital Age is a densely written book based on a significant number of primary sources and a rich, multidisciplinary bibliography. Andrew L. Russell paints on a big canvas, but \u2026 summary sections for each chapter, as well as the introduction and conclusion chapters, bring the main threads together to provide a refreshing view on the history of the early communications networks, and particularly of the more recent digital ones.' Dov Lungu, Isis\n\nHow did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? Open Standards and the Digital Age an]