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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A nation transformed by information : how information has
shaped the United States from Colonial times to the present /
Alfred D. Chandler, James W. Cortada, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-19-512701-3
I. Information technology—United States—History.
I. Chandler, Alfred Dupont. II. Cortada, James W.
HCII0.155 N37 2000
338.973'06—dc2I 99-049438

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