The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

Categories: Computers & Technology, History

Tom Standage tells how the electric telegraph transformed nineteenth-century communication and business, with parallels to the internet: hype, hackers, codes, scams, romance and information overload.

Recommended by 1 person

• Mark Cuban: “There is a great book called the Victorian Internet that talks a lot about the impact of the telegraph.”