The Digital city : the American metropolis and information technology / Michel S. Laguerre.
Material type: TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xiv, 211 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1403997101
- 9781403997104
- Sociology, Urban -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- Telecommuting -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- High technology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- Cyberspace -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- Internet -- Social aspects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social conditions
- 303.4833097946 22
- HN80.S4 L33 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 303.4833097946 LAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A293432B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-197) and index.
1. IT as process and globalization as outcome -- 2. Teleworkers and telemanagers : IT and telecommuting in the digital city -- 3. The digital office -- 4. Virtual city hall : the governance of local e-government -- 5. Virtual diasporas and cyberspace -- 6. Virtual time : the processuality of the cyberweek -- 7. Conclusion : the digital city as the virtual embodiment of the global city.
"Evolving out of a research project on information technology and society, the book explores the digitization of the American city. Laguerre examines the impact of changes to various sectors of society, brought about by the advent of information technology and the Internet upon daily life in the contemporary American metropolis. The book focuses on actual information technology practices in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco metropolitan area, documenting and explaining how those practices are remoulding social relations, global interaction and workplace environments."--BOOK JACKET.
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