The Soft Cage - Surveillance in America, From Slavery to the War on Terror (Paperback)

On a typical day, you might make a call on a cell phone, withdraw money at an ATM, visit the mall, and make a purchase with a credit card. Each of these routine transactions leaves a digital trail for government agencies and businesses to access. As cutting-edge historian and journalist Christian Parenti points out, these everyday intrusions on privacy, while harmless in themselves, are part of a relentless (and clandestine) expansion of routine surveillance in American life over the last two centuries-from controlling slaves in the old South to implementing early criminal justice and tracking immigrants. Parenti explores the role computers are playing in creating a whole new world of seemingly benign technologies-such as credit cards, website "cookies," and electronic toll collection-that have expanded this trend in the twenty-first century. "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.

General

Imprint:	BasicBooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	November 2004
Authors:	Christian Parenti
Dimensions:	225 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	286
ISBN-13:	978-0-465-05485-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-465-05485-4
Barcode:	9780465054855

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