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C. M. Gordon: “3-dimensional topology up to 1960,” pp. 449–489 in History of topology. Edited by I. M. James. North-Holland (Amsterdam), 1999. MR 1674921 Zbl 0956.57005 incollection

In this paper we discuss the development of 3-dimensional topology, from its beginnings in the 1880’s, up until roughly 1960. The decision to stop at 1960 was more or less arbitrary, and indeed we will sometimes briefly describe developments beyond that date. Our account is very much in the nature of a survey of the literature (an internal history, if you will), an approach which is feasible because the literature is so finite. (This continues to be true through the 1960’s, when the number of people working in 3-dimensional topology was still relatively small. During the last twenty years or so, not only has the actual literature grown tremendously, but the number of major themes in the subject has also increased.)