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Digital D.C. : how information technology is transforming the hub of American politics / Wilson P. Dizard, Jr.
Lippincott Library HC108.W3 D59 2010
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dizard, Wilson P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--Washington (D.C.).
- Information technology.
- Information services--Washington (D.C.).
- Information services.
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--21st century.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Physical Description:
- vii, 212 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, 2010.
- 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, digital bureaucracy, the city's hip modern culture, a new emphasis on the arts, and Washington's digital future"--Provided by publisher.
- 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 era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786444694
- 078644469X
- OCLC:
- 423588081
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