A nation transformed by information
Subtitle: how information has shaped the United States from Colonial times to the present
By: editors, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., James W. Cortada.
Contributors: Chandler, Alfred D. 1918-2007.; Cortada, James W.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Information technology -- United States -- History
Description: "The editors assembled a group of contributors are experts in their particular fields, from management consulting to history to sociology, and worked with them to create a book that is fully integrated and cross referenced. An important new look at American history, A Nation Transformed by Information will interest anyone who wants to understand how the United States has stepped so confidently into the latest Information Age."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: The information age in historical perspective: introduction / Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; title: Early American origins of the information age / Richard D. Brown; title: Recasting the information infrastructure for the industrial age / Richard R. John; title: Business use of information and technology during the industrial age / JoAnne Yates; title: The threshold of the information age: radio, television, and motion pictures mobilize the nation / Margaret Graham; title: Progenitors of the information age: the development of chips and computers / James W. Cortada; title: Information technology management since 1960 / Richard L. Nolan; title: Computers in U.S. households since 1977 / Lee S. Sproull; title: The information age: continuities and differences / Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and James W. Cortada.