Digital D.C.
Subtitle: how information technology is transforming the hub of American politics
By: Wilson P. Dizard, Jr
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780786444694
Description: "This is a survey of Washington, D.C.'s increasing role as a modern city at the forefront of American digital culture. Chapters cover Washington's centuries-old roots as an information city, its increasing role as a Silicon Valley of the East, digital bureaucracy, the city's hip modern culture, a new emphasis on the arts, and Washington's digital future"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Washington in the Information Age; title: In the beginning; title: Silicon Valley East?; title: Digital bureaucracy, bit by bit; title: The last colony; title: Hip DC; title: Arts and ideas : the new meld; title: Washington's digital future; title: Afterword : Washington in the Obama era.