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The black digital elite : African American leaders of the information revolution (2006)

Barber, John T.

Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger

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ISBN: 0275985040

Sprache: Englisch

Seiten: XV, 196 S. , Ill.

DDC: 305.523092396073

Schlagwort(e): African American leadership ; Elite (Social sciences) ; African American scientists Biography ; African Americans Biography ; Information technology Social aspects ; African Americans Social conditions 1975- ; African Americans Economic conditions ; Information society

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Scientists and innovators -- Roy L. Clay Sr -- Contributions to the information revolution -- The information revolution and African Americans -- Biography -- Dr. Clarence Ellis -- Contributions to the information revolution -- The information revolution and blacks -- Biography -- Dr. Mark Dean -- Creating the first personal computer at IBM -- Making computers run faster -- African Americans and the information age -- Biography -- Dr. Phillip Emeagwali -- Great mind of the information age -- A father of the Internet -- African Americans and the information age -- Biography -- Part II: Policy makers and power brokers -- Ronald H. Brown -- Drafting the blueprint for the information infrastructure -- Building a global network of networks -- Ensuring access for African Americans -- Biography -- Larry Irving -- Building the information highways -- Discovering the digital divide -- Taking it to the street -- Biography -- Congressman Bobby L. Rush -- Writing legislation for the information age -- Wiring the schools for the Internet -- Providing opportunity for African Americans -- Biography -- Congressman Edolphus "Ed" Towns -- Bringing economic benefits of technology to the black community -- Closing technology gaps at HBCU's -- Biography -- Congressman Albert R. Wynn -- Overhauling policy for the information age -- Reforming Internet policy -- Providing technology to African Americans -- Biography -- William Kennard -- Being first at the FCC -- Closing the digital divide fighting for the E rate -- African Americans and the digital age -- Biography -- Michael Powell -- Managing the digital broadband migration -- Changing the rules of the game -- African Americans and the information age -- Biography -- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr -- Pushing beyond government policies and programs -- Closing the divide in Silicon Valley -- Beginning the fourth stage of the civil rights movement -- Biography -- Part III: Educators and professionals -- Dr. John B. Slaughter -- Educating the future leaders of the information revolution -- Excellence and equity -- Digitizing the US Navy -- From engineer to academic administrator -- Biography -- Dean Labaron Woodyard -- Building a network for higher education -- African Americans and the future -- Biography -- Dr. Dhyana Ziegler -- Removing the digital divide in Florida -- Preparing African Americans for the information age -- Biography -- Part IV: Cybercommunity developers -- Dr. Alan Shaw -- Neighborhoods are still important in a digital world -- Future empowerment of black neighborhoods -- Biography -- Dr. Jabari Simama -- Building the information city -- Moving from digital access to digital literacy -- Biography -- Dr. Abdul Alkalimat -- Linking the information age to the black studies movement -- Cyberspace advances the agenda for progress of African Americans -- Biography -- Part V: Masters of the world wide web -- Art McGee -- Identifying a unique African American cyberspace -- Digital activism -- Using technology for liberation -- Biography -- E. David Ellington -- Occupying the first business space in cyberspace -- Using technology for wealth building -- Biography -- Don Rojas -- Bringing news to the black world via the Internet -- The new paradigm for blacks and technology -- Pioneering black Internet radio -- Biography -- Kenn Turner -- Saving the black dot coms -- Merging Africana.com and black voice at AOL -- Expanding black participation on the Internet -- Biography -- Part VI: Chief Executive Officers, entrepreneurs, and big money makers -- Richard D. Parsons -- John W. Thompson --- Robert L. Johnson -- Noah A. Samara

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018122.html

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The Soviet Defence-Industry Complex from Stalin to Khrushchev (2000)

Barber, John [HerausgeberIn] ; Harrison, Mark [HerausgeberIn]

s.l. : Palgrave Macmillan

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ISBN: 9780230378858

Sprache: Englisch

Seiten: Online-Ressource

Ausgabe: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Serie: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society

Paralleltitel: Printed edition

Schlagwort(e): Political theory ; Political science ; Industries ; History, Modern ; World history ; International relations ; Politics and war

Kurzfassung: The huge complex of Soviet institutions and enterprises specialised in military production powerfully influenced the course of the twentieth century through resistance to imperial Japan, the defeat of Nazi Germany, and nuclear stalemate with America in the Cold War. Based on collaborative research by Russian and British scholars in the hitherto secret archives of the Soviet government, party, and armed forces, this book is a pioneering investigation of the economic dynamics and social and political significance of Soviet defence

DOI: 10.1057/9780230378858

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