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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455188403321

Titolo

A nation transformed by information : how information has shaped the United States from Colonial times to the present / / editors, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., James W. Cortada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-280-47193-X

1-4237-6030-1

0-19-535200-9

1-60256-342-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

338.973/06

Soggetti

Information technology - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-361) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 The Information Age in Historical Perspective: Introduction; 2 Early American Origins of the Information Age; 3 Recasting the Information Infrastructure for the Industrial Age; 4 Business Use of Information and Technology during the Industrial Age; 5 The Threshold of the Information Age: Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures Mobilize the Nation; 6 Progenitors of the Information Age: The Development of Chips and Computers; 7 Information Technology Management Since 1960; 8 Computers in U.S. Households Since 1977; 9 The Information Age: Continuities and Differences

NotesBibliographic Essay on the Role of Information in the Transformation of the United States; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The editors and contributors in this book argue that information is the driver of a third industrial revolution. They demonstrate that the information revolution actually has been taking place for two centuries, and they trace the history of this revolution from Colonial times to the present day.