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"A history of the role of information in the United States since 1870"--
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"A history of the role of information in the United States since 1870"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 636 pages : illustrations, map, forms ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 575-609) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190460679 (hardback) : 0190460679 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | ZA3072 |
| CLC: | G259.712.9 |
| Call Number: | G259.712.9/C827 |
| Contents: | Introducing American information -- A short biography of American information, 1870-1945 -- Roots of early uses of information : the birth of an infrastructure, 1600s-1870 -- Big business and small farms rely on information, 1870-1941 -- Big government and small universities take on big information, 1870-1941 -- How citizens became dependent on information, 1870-1945 -- From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 : government and education in a world of computers, 1941-2001 -- Informing the business of America, 1945-1998 -- Information and the modern knowledge worker, 1945-1998 -- Uses of information in everyday life, 1945-1995 -- The Internet and modern uses of information -- How Americans used information to shape their society. |