Friend me! : 600 hundred years of social networking in America /
by Francesca Davis DiPiazza.
- Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2012.
- 112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A string of beads : uniting native nations -- The knitted city : puritan New England -- Coffee and conversation : a notion of freedom -- People skills : creating community in slavery -- A very social time : networking in a new nation -- Wired! : love, death, and the telegraph -- Small world : XX -- Hardwired : from earth to the stars -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Further reading and website.
Chronicles social networking and communication throughout the history of America, from Native American councils to the SETI program.
9780761358695 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
2011021268
Social networks--History.--United States Social groups--History.--United States Communities--History.--United States Social networks--History. Social groups--History. Communities--History.