Lost in Cyberspace?
Canada and the Information Revolution
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1997
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550285192
- Publish Date
- Jan 1997
- List Price
- $34.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550285185
- Publish Date
- Jan 1997
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552773055
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
The arrival of the information highway has been hyped as the greatest change in how humans live and work since we captured fire. What are its implications for Canadian society?
The authors present a thought-provoking examination of the new digital technologies, considering particularly the effects they might be expected to have on employment, sovereignty, community and culture in Canada. They trace the information highway back to its military origin, guide readers through the maze of corporate players promoting its development, and stop to explore the wide-open culture of the internet.
Lost in Cyberspace? is a pioneering look at the influence of new digital technologies on Canadian society.
About the authors
ROBERT CHODOS is an experienced author and translator who has published widely in the fields of Canadian business, politics, and transportation and of Quebec history. Among his most recent books are The Unmaking of Canada (1991), Lost in Cyberspace? (1997), and Paul Martin: A Political Biography (1998), all co-written with Rae Murphy and Eric Hamovitch, and all published by Lorimer.
RAE MURPHY is a retired professor of Canadian studies at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario.
ERIC HAMOVITCH is a freelance writer based in Montreal.