New book: Web History

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WEB HISTORY
Edited by Niels Brügger, Peter Lang Publishing, New York 2010

Book synopsis
”This is the first edited volume to put the emerging field of web history on the agenda
of internet research. Sixteen original chapters investigate how the use of the web has
developed in the realm of web culture at large, as well as how the organization of web
industries and old media institutions on the web have changed. A number of fundamental
theoretical and methodological questions related to doing web history are also examined.
The collection aims to explore some of the possible ways of approaching the web of the
past, based on the assumption that the past is not only important for historical
purposes, but because it must be taken into consideration in order to fully understand
the web of the present and the web of the future. The book includes a foreword by
Charles Ess and contributions from Kirsten Foot, Steven Schneider, Alexander Halavais,
Ken Hillis, and more.”

Read more on the publishers website:
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=310468&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1