Digital D.C. : how information technology is transforming the hub of American politics / Wilson P. Dizard, Jr.
Imprint
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, 2010.
Copies
Location
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Female Library
HC108.W3
Available
CCQ - Lusail Male Library
HC108.W3
Available
Description
vii, 212 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index.
Contents
Washington in the Information Age -- In the beginning -- Silicon Valley East? -- Digital bureaucracy, bit by bit -- The last colony -- Hip DC -- Arts and ideas : the new meld -- Washington's digital future -- Afterword : Washington in the Obama
Summary
"This is a survey of Washington, D.C.'s increasing role as a modern city at the forefront of American digital culture. Chapters cover Washington's centuries-old roots as an information city, its increasing role as a Silicon Valley of the East, d