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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Fred TurnerPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780226817422ISBN 10: 0226817423 Pages: 354 Publication Date: 01 June 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews[Turner] postulates that Brand was an idealistic (albeit Barnumesque) leader of a merry band of cybernetic pranksters who framed the concept of computers and the Internet with a seemingly nonintuitive twist: These one-time engines of government and big business had transmogrified into a social force associated with egalitarianism, personal empowerment, and the nurturing cocoon of community. - Steven Levy, Bookforum A revealing new book.... [Turner] is rigorous in his argument... and impressive in his range. - Edward Rothstein, New York Times Turner's fascinating From Counterculture to Cyberculture... focuses on a key player whose role was making the counterculture-cyberculture connection: Stewart Brand.... There are a myriad of fascinating little historical details that [Turner] dug up that will surprise and enlighten even the key players in the drama. - Henry Lieberman, Science ""[Turner] postulates that Brand was an idealistic (albeit Barnumesque) leader of a merry band of cybernetic pranksters who framed the concept of computers and the Internet with a seemingly nonintuitive twist: These one-time engines of government and big business had transmogrified into a social force associated with egalitarianism, personal empowerment, and the nurturing cocoon of community."" - Steven Levy, Bookforum ""A revealing new book.... [Turner] is rigorous in his argument... and impressive in his range."" - Edward Rothstein, New York Times ""Turner's fascinating From Counterculture to Cyberculture... focuses on a key player whose role was making the counterculture-cyberculture connection: Stewart Brand.... There are a myriad of fascinating little historical details that [Turner] dug up that will surprise and enlighten even the key players in the drama."" - Henry Lieberman, Science"" Author InformationFred Turner is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. He is the author of Echoes of Combat: The Vietnam War in American Memory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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