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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS

Internet Activities: The Internet



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http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/Chem-History/Hist-of-Web.html

According to this document, why was the Internet created? What does he perceive as its alternative possibilities?
2

Now read this articles about "Internet culture," published in the Washington Post in 1996: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/emperor.htm. What point is this author making? How relevant does this article seem now? What do these articles suggest about the difficulties of taking a historical perspective on such recent events? What alternatives do we have when considering modern society?








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