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Nation transformed by information : how informationhas shaped the united states from colonial times to the present.
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford Univ Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.