"The editors assembled a group of contributors are experts in their particular fields, from management consulting to history to sociology, and worked with them to create a book that is fully integrated and cross referenced. An important new look at American history, A Nation Transformed by Information will interest anyone who wants to understand how the United States has stepped so confidently into the latest Information Age."--BOOK JACKET.

The information age in historical perspective: introduction /Alfred D. Chandler Jr. -- Early American origins of the information age / Richard D. Brown -- Recasting the information infrastructure for the industrial age / Richard R. John -- Business use of information and technology during the industrial age / JoAnne Yates -- The threshold of the information age: radio, television, and motion pictures mobilize the nation / Margaret Graham -- Progenitors of the information age: the development of chips and computers / James W. Cortada -- Information technology management since 1960 / Richard L. Nolan -- Computers in U.S. households since 1977 / Lee S. Sproull -- The information age: continuities and differences / Alfred D. Chandler Jr., James W. Cortada.