The Soft Cage
Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror
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Word Count
68,250 words, Guess
Page Count
273 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesoftcagesurveill0000pare
- ISBN-100465054854
- ISBN-139780465054855
- Goodreads450506
- LibraryThing272707
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- Library of Congress Control Number2003013330
- Better World BooksW6-COL-642
- Better World Books9780465054855
- Better World BooksO7-BBK-075
- Open LibraryOL7593830M
Classifications
- LCCHN57 .P35 2003
Description
"The Soft Cage explores the hidden history of surveillance - from controlling slaves in the old South to implementing early criminal justice, tracking immigrants, and closely monitoring the poor as part of modern social work. It also explores the role computers play in creating a whole new world of seemingly benign technologies - such as credit cards, website "cookies," electronic toll collection, "data mining," and iris scanners at airports." "With fears of personal and national security at an all-time high, this ever-growing infrastructure of high-tech voyeurism is shifting the balance of power between individuals and the state in groundbreaking - and very dangerous - ways. From closed-circuit television cameras to the Department of Homeland Security, The Soft Cage offers a compelling, vitally important history lesson for every American concerned about the expansion of surveillance into our public and private lives."--Jacket.
First Sentence
The future is already here.
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