The Digital city
Subtitle: the American metropolis and information technology
By: Michel S. Laguerre.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Sociology, Urban -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; Telecommuting -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; High technology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; Cyberspace -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; Information technology -- Social aspects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; Internet -- Social aspects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social conditions
Description: "Evolving out of a research project on information technology and society, the book explores the digitization of the American city. Laguerre examines the impact of changes to various sectors of society, brought about by the advent of information technology and the Internet upon daily life in the contemporary American metropolis. The book focuses on actual information technology practices in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco metropolitan area, documenting and explaining how those practices are remoulding social relations, global interaction and workplace environments."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.