Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace
by Milton L. Mueller
Sales Rank: 408494
List Price: $23.00 $20.70 At Amazon
Paperback: 327 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press March 1, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262632985
ISBN-13: 978-0262632980
Product Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace (Hardcover)
Mueller's work, recounting the Internet's Domain Name Wars, is entirely "interesting." Little is widely known about the history and origins of the Internet; what many think they know constitutes little more than mythology. Here is an excellent recount of the history of the Internet's development, and how conflicts with the naming space came to be. This is required reading for those interested and concerned with the potential success or failure of the Internet governance experiment. This is a continuation of a long history of excellent work by Mueller and is well recommended.