Inventing the Internet

Janet Abbate authored the book entitled Inventing the Internet. MIT Press published the book in 1999. It is in print with ISBN 0262511150 .The book might be useful to a person interested in the history of packet switching, and possibly other communications paradigms, as well.

The following is a copy of the book's table of contents.

1. Introduction
2. White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching
3. Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies
4. "The Most Neglected Element": Users Transform the ARPANET
5. From ARPANET to Internet
6. The Internet in the International Standards Arena
7. Popularizing the Internet
8. Notes
9. Bibliography
10. Index

References

• Inventing the Internet – Janet Abbate (Excerpt)
• Inventing the Internet – WhitePulp.com: Take a Trip Around The Word!