The Second Information Revolution |
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| Author:
| Brock, Gerald W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01178-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $77.00 |
Book Description:
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Not since the advent of the telephone and telegraph in the 19th century has information technology changed daily life so radically. We are in the midst of what Brock calls a second information revolution. Brock traces the complex history of this revolution from its roots in World War II through the bursting bubble of the Internet economy.
Not since the advent of the telephone and telegraph in the 19th century has information technology changed daily life so radically. We are in the midst of what Brock calls a second information revolution. Brock traces the complex history of this revolution from its roots in World War II through the bursting bubble of the Internet economy.