All the facts : a history of information in the United States since 1870 /
This work is a history of the role of information in the United States since roughly 1870, when the nation was well on its way to a nearly 150-year period of economic prosperity, technological and scientific transformations often collectively called the Second Industrial Revolution, and to a signifi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This work is a history of the role of information in the United States since roughly 1870, when the nation was well on its way to a nearly 150-year period of economic prosperity, technological and scientific transformations often collectively called the Second Industrial Revolution, and to a significant role in global affairs. Citizens and their institutions used information extensively as tools in support of the nation's evolution during these decades. This book does for information what a general diplomatic or economic history of the country accomplishes when telling the story of America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190460709 0190460709 9780190460686 0190460687 |