Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. A visiting fellow at Brookings, his previous books include Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War (Doubleday, 2000) and Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Collins, 2006).

Impressively informed and informative, accessibly organized and presented, From Gutenberg to Google is an extraordinary history of communication technologies and their social/political impact.

• Contents:AcknowledgmentsPrefaceProloguePart I: Perspective1. Connections Have ConsequencesPart II: Predicates2. The Original Information Revolution3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance4. The First Electronic Network and the End of TimePart III: The Road to Revolution5. Computing Engines6. Connected Computing7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive PlatformPart IV: Our Turn8. The History We Are Making9. Connecting ForwardEpilogueNotesIndex

Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. A visiting fellow at Brookings, his previous books include Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War (Doubleday, 2000) and Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Collins, 2006).

Impressively informed and informative, accessibly organized and presented, From Gutenberg to Google is an extraordinary history of communication technologies and their social/political impact.

• Contents:AcknowledgmentsPrefaceProloguePart I: Perspective1. Connections Have ConsequencesPart II: Predicates2. The Original Information Revolution3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance4. The First Electronic Network and the End of TimePart III: The Road to Revolution5. Computing Engines6. Connected Computing7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive PlatformPart IV: Our Turn8. The History We Are Making9. Connecting ForwardEpilogueNotesIndex

Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. A visiting fellow at Brookings, his previous books include Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War (Doubleday, 2000) and Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Collins, 2006).

Impressively informed and informative, accessibly organized and presented, From Gutenberg to Google is an extraordinary history of communication technologies and their social/political impact.

• Contents:AcknowledgmentsPrefaceProloguePart I: Perspective1. Connections Have ConsequencesPart II: Predicates2. The Original Information Revolution3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance4. The First Electronic Network and the End of TimePart III: The Road to Revolution5. Computing Engines6. Connected Computing7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive PlatformPart IV: Our Turn8. The History We Are Making9. Connecting ForwardEpilogueNotesIndex