The Internet Galaxy

How much do we know about the Internet - its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large? Manuel Castells brings his experience and knowledge to bear on the Internet galaxy.

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"Absorbing history.... Castells observes that while the Internet has the potential to strengthen democracy through broadening the sources of information and enabling greater citizenship participation, it has at the same time contributed greatly to the politics of scandal.... In his sobering final chapter, the author studies the divide between peoples and regions that operate in the digital world and those that cannot."--Kirkus Reviews<br> "An excellent, readable, nontechnical summary of the history, social implications and likely future of Internet business."--Publishers Weekly<br> "Thoroughly researched...[and] truly global in scope. Castells provides balanced coverage of e-business and the new economy; the politics of the Internet, including privacy and freedom; and the geography of the Internet....Highly recommended for academic libraries."--Library Journal<br> "Manuel Castells is today the most insightful theoretician of the information society, perhaps the Marx or the Marcuse of the New Economy."--Federico Rampini, La Revista dei Libri<br> "A magnus opus if ever there was one, these three books together constitute, in my view, the finest piece of contemporary social analysis for at least a generation."--Frank Webster, British Journal of Sociology<br>

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Opening: The Network is the Message; 1. Lessons from the History of the Internet; 2. The Culture of the Internet; 3. e-Business and the New Economy; 4. Virtual Communities or Network Society?; 5. The Politics of the Internet I: Computer Networks, Civil Society, and the State; 6. The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace; 7. Multimedia and the Internet: The Hypertext beyond Convergence; 8. The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places; 9. The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective; Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society

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