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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454261703321

Autore

Post David G

Titolo

In search of Jefferson's moose [[electronic resource] ] : notes on the state of cyberspace / / David G. Post

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-98708-5

9786611987084

0-19-971142-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Law and current events masters

Disciplina

343.09/99

Soggetti

Internet - Law and legislation

Computer networks - Law and legislation

Information superhighway - Law and legislation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note to the Reader; PROLOGUE: THE FOX, THE HEDGEHOG, AND THE MOOSE; NOTES ON THE STATE OF CYBERSPACE: PART 1 CHAOS; INTERLUDE; NOTES ON THE STATE OF CYBERSPACE: PART 2 ORDER; EPILOGUE: JEFFERSON'S NATURE, AND THE NATURE OF CYBERSPACE; Appendix; References and Suggested Readings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

I. Prologue: The Fox, The Hedgehog, and The Moose. Philadelphia, 2006. Virginia, 1781: Notes on the New World. II. Notes on the New World, Part I: Chaos. 1. Mapping the Territory: The Geography of Nowhere. 2. Population. 3. Networks. 4. The Problem of Scale (I). 5. The Problem of Scale (II). 6. Jefferson's Moose, and the Degenerate Animals of the New World. 7. Language. III. Interlude. Two Kinds of People. Looking West. Looking Forward. IV. Notes on the State of Cyberspace, Part II: Order. 8. Pathways and Settlements. 9. Governing Cyberspace, I: Code. 10. Governing Cyberspace, II: Law. 11. Gov