Title A nation transformed by information : how information has shaped the United States from Colonial times to the present / editors, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., James W. Cortada.

Imprint

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	HC110.I55 N37 2000	AVAILABLE

Description	xii, 380 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-361) and index.
Contents	The information age in historical perspective: introduction / Alfred D. Chandler Jr. -- Early American origins of the information age / Richard D. Brown -- Recasting the information infrastructure for the industrial age / Richard R. John -- Business use of information and technology during the industrial age / JoAnne Yates -- The threshold of the information age: radio, television, and motion pictures mobilize the nation / Margaret Graham -- Progenitors of the information age: the development of chips and computers / James W. Cortada -- Information technology management since 1960 / Richard L. Nolan -- Computers in U.S. households since 1977 / Lee S. Sproull -- The information age: continuities and differences / Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and James W. Cortada.
Subject(s)	Information technology -- History.
Alternate Author	Chandler, Alfred Dupont.
	Cortada, James W.