Book review: A nation transformed by information: How information has shaped the United States from colonial times to the present

Abstract

The Information Age in Historical Perspective: Introduction 3 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 2 Early American Origins of the Information Age 39 Richard D. Brown 3 Recasting the Information Infrastructure for the Industrial Age 55 Richard R. John 4 Business Use of Information and Technology during the Industrial Age 107 JoAnne Yates 5 The Threshold of the Information Age: Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures Mobilize the Nation 137 Margaret Graham 6 Progenitors of the Information Age: The Development of Chips and Computers 177 James W. Cortada 7 Information Technology Management Since 1960 217 Richard L. Nolan 8 Computers in U.S. Households Since 1977 257 Lee S. Sproull 9 The Information Age: Continuities and Differences 281 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. & James W. Cortada Notes 301 Bibliographic Essay on the Role of Information in the Transformation of the United States 34