User:Korecob/Janet Abbate

Abbate is the author of two books: Inventing the Internet (2000) and Recoding Gender: Women’s Changing Participation in Computing (2012). Inventing the Internet was widely reviewed as an important work in the history of computing and networking, particularly in highlighting the role of social dynamics and of non-American participation in early networking development. However, others critique this work due to Abbate's background in computing as causing difficulty in presenting a non-technical narrative. Recoding Gender has also received positive reviews, especially for its incorporation of interviews with women in the field. The book received the 2014 Computer History Museum prize.