{"product_id":"9781612195421","title":"Networks of New York: An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guided tour of the physical Internet, as seen on, above, and below the city’s streets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e What does the Internet look like? \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in \u003ci\u003eNetworks of New York\u003c\/i\u003e, Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the time—we just have to know where to look. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Using New York as her point of reference and more than fifty color illustrations as her map, Burrington takes us on a tour of the urban network: She decodes spray-painted sidewalk markings, reveals the history behind cryptic manhole covers, shuffles us past subway cameras and giant carrier hotels, and peppers our journey with background stories about the NYPD's surveillance apparatus, twentieth-century telecommunication monopolies, high frequency trading on Wall Street, and the downtown building that houses the offices of both Google and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From a rising star in the field of tech jounalism, \u003ci\u003eNetworks of New York \u003c\/i\u003eis a smart, funny, and beautifully designed guide to the endlessly fascinating networks of urban Internet infrastructure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Internet, Burrington shows us, is hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041950318832,"sku":"9781612195421","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195421_p0.jpg?v=1763847463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}