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Inequity in the technopolis : race, class, gender, and the digital divide in Austin /

<P>Over the past few decades, Austin, Texas, has made a concerted effort to develop into a "technopolis," becoming home to companies such as Dell and numerous start-ups in the 1990s. It has been a model for other cities across the nation that wish to become high-tech centers while st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Straubhaar, Joseph D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Digital inequity in the Austin technopolis: an introduction / Joseph Straubhaar [and others]
  • Structuring race in the cultural geography of Austin / Jeremiah Spence [and others]
  • A history of high tech and the technopolis in Austin / Lisa Hartenberger, Zeynep Tufekci, and Stuart Davis
  • Past and future divides: social mobility, inequality, and the digital divide in Austin during the tech boom / Zeynep Tufekci
  • The digital divide: the national debate and federal- and state-level programs / Ed Lenert [and others]
  • Crossing the digital divide: local initiatives in Austin / Carolyn Cunningham [and others]
  • Structuring access: the role of Austin public access centers in digital inclusion / Roberta Lentz [and others]
  • Bridging the broadband gap or recreating digital inequalities? The Social shaping of public wi-fi in Austin / Martha Fuentes-Bautista and Nobuya Inagaki
  • Communities, cultural capital, and digital inclusion: ten years of tracking techno-dispositions and techno-capital / Viviana Rojas [and others].