Turner, Fred.

From counterculture to cyberculture : Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the rise of digital utopianism / Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the rise of digital utopianism Fred Turner. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - x, 327 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-312) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- shifting politics of the computational metaphor -- Stewart Brand meets the cybernetic counterculture -- Whole Earth Catalog as information technology -- Taking the whole earth digital -- Virtuality and community on the WELL -- Networking the new economy -- Wired -- triumph of the network mode -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. The 2. 3. The 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The

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Brand, Stewart.
Brand, Stewart.


Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.)
Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.)


Computers and civilization.
Information technology--History--20th century.
Counterculture--History--United States--20th century.
Computer networks--Social aspects.
Subculture--History--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Technology--Social aspects--California, Northern.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
Technologie de l'information--Histoire--20e siáecle.
Contre-culture--Histoire--âEtats-Unis--20e siáecle.
Râeseaux d'ordinateurs--Aspect social.
Subculture--Histoire--Californie--San Francisco--20e siáecle.
Technologie--Aspect social--Californie (Nord)

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