Books by Aaron Barlow

In 1985, The WELL, a dial-up discussion board, began with the phrase: "You own your own words." This book states that though almost everything else about online discussion has changed since, those words still describe its central premise. It provides a cultural/historical account of the blog, as well as an analysis of its different aspects.

Through a diversity of primary source resources that include works by politicians and literary figures, book reviews, and interviews, this book enables student readers to better understand literature of the Great Depression in context through original documents.

American individualism: It is the reason for American success, but it also tears the nation apart.

This book looks at questions and answers pertaining to the organization, usage, and ownership of information in the Internet age-and the impact of shifting attitudes towards information ownership on creative endeavors.

A follow-up to the "Rise of the Blogosphere", which examined the historical context for the modern blog, this work provides an examination of the many aspects of the blogosphere, from the political to the professional to the personal, with many stops in between. It also includes: the personal blog; the political blog; and blogs and business.

This book places Quentin Tarantino at the heart of Hollywood, showing a director who speaks film through film, who examines the world beyond the movies in a way few have previously attempted, and at which fewer still have succeeded.