This is the first national history of the role of information in the United States, from the 1870s to the present. It explores the use of information in the private and public sectors, and in the private lives of Americans.
This is the first national history of the role of information in the United States, from the 1870s to the present. It explores the use of information in the private and public sectors, and in the private lives of Americans.
James W. Cortada is the author of over two-dozen books on the history and use of information and computing in American society. His most recent book on the history of information is The Digital Flood: The Diffusion of Information Technology Across the U.S., Europe, and Asia (Oxford, 2012). He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introducing American Information * 1. A Short Biography of American Information, 1870-1945 * 2. Roots of Early Uses of Information: The Birth of an Infrastructure, 1600s-1870 * 3. Big Business and Small Farms Rely on Information, 1870-1941 * 4. Big Government and Small Universities Take on Big Information, 1870-1941 * 5. How Citizens Became Dependent on Information, 1870-1945 * 6. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: Government and Education in a World of Computers, 1941-2001 * 7. Informing the Business of America, 1945-1998 * 8. Information and the Modern Knowledge Worker, 1945-1998 * 9. Uses of Information in Everyday Life, 1945-1995 * 10. The Internet and Modern Uses of Information * 11. How Americans Used Information to Shape Their Society * Bibliographic Essay
* Introducing American Information * 1. A Short Biography of American Information, 1870-1945 * 2. Roots of Early Uses of Information: The Birth of an Infrastructure, 1600s-1870 * 3. Big Business and Small Farms Rely on Information, 1870-1941 * 4. Big Government and Small Universities Take on Big Information, 1870-1941 * 5. How Citizens Became Dependent on Information, 1870-1945 * 6. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: Government and Education in a World of Computers, 1941-2001 * 7. Informing the Business of America, 1945-1998 * 8. Information and the Modern Knowledge Worker, 1945-1998 * 9. Uses of Information in Everyday Life, 1945-1995 * 10. The Internet and Modern Uses of Information * 11. How Americans Used Information to Shape Their Society * Bibliographic Essay
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