Book ID: CBB103850186

A transnational history of the Internet in Central America, 1985-2000: networks, integration, and development (2020)

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Siles, Ignacio (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2020
Edition Details: Book Series: Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series;
Physical Details: 148
Language: English

This Palgrave Pivot analyzes how six countries in Central America--Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama--connected to and through computer networks such as UUCP, BITNET and the Internet from the 80s to the year 2000. It argues that this story can only be told from a transnational perspective. To connect to computer networks, Central America built a regional integration project with great implications for its development. By revealing the beginnings of the Internet in this part of the world, this study broadens our understanding of the development of computer networks in the global south. It also demonstrates that transnational flows of knowledge, data, and technologies are a constitutive feature of the historical development of the Internet. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Steve
Mitropoulos, Dimitris
Jessa Lingel
Spinellis, Diomidis
Loring Robbins
Marc Aidinoff
Concepts
Computers and computing
Internet
Technology
Technology and society
Computers--social aspects
Communication technology
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Greece
France
Great Britain
Institutions
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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