false 450506 2 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. <I> The Soft Cage </I>offers a compelling, vitally important history lesson for every American concerned about the expansion of surveillance into our public and private lives. 439146 2003 The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror total:36|5:14|4:12|3:8|2:2| 36 146 64 7 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 10:56:08 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:57:00 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 26 08:14:06 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 08:14:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 11:53:12 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:54:36 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 00:51:37 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 20 09:49:21 -0700 2008 Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis, the Soft Cage is another fine bit of work. Creepy and alarming, it depicts the very real surveillance gathering of corporations and government working hand in hand against their subjects.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Mar 07 08:04:02 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 08:21:06 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 24 14:44:18 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 16:38:21 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 13:27:29 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 13:28:05 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 11:11:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:11:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 18:11:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:11:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 14:17:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 14:17:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 02:13:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 02:13:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 06:54:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 06:54:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 09 11:28:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 11:28:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 29 12:12:13 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:12:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 02:23:52 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 02:24:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 27 11:42:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 11:42:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 18:45:52 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 18:45:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 22:28:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 22:28:21 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jan 23 17:04:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:04:02 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 07 15:20:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 15:20:55 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=450506