North Carolina in the connected age

by M. L. Walden

"Today we are living in the Connected Age, says Walden. For consumers, this means being connected by modern technology through computers, cell phones, and instant messaging; by high-speed transportation networks on the ground and in the air; and by 24/7 access to virtually any place and anyone, For the North Carolina economy, the Connected Age means that, with the support of international trade agreements, the markets for products, services, money, and workers are now globally linked." "Walden traces how the forces of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have remade the North Carolina economy, impacted people and regions, and led to the most substantive public policy debates in decades. Written in a lively style and including original research and insights, North Carolina in the Connected Age is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how the state arrived where it is today and what its future might hold."--BOOK JACKET.