The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries - Couverture rigide

Cortada, James W.

 
9780195165883: The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195165888 ISBN 13 : 9780195165883
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2004

Synopsis

In The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in sixteen industries, accounting for nearly half of the U.S. economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influenced other industries and the U.S economy. In addition, to this account of computers' impact on industry, Cortada also demonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, economists, and anyone interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis of digital technology's many roles and its future possibilities in a wide array of industries. A detailed picture of what the infrastructure of the Information Age really looks like and how we got there, The Digital Hand is a sweeping survey of how computers transformed the American economy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in sixteen industries, accounting for nearly half of the U.S. economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influenced other industries and the U.S economy. In addition, to this account of computers' impact on industry, Cortada also demonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, economists, and anyone interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis of digital technology's many roles and its future possibilities in a wide array of industries. A detailed picture of what the infrastructure of the Information Age really looks like and how we got there, The Digital Hand is a sweeping survey of how computers transformed the American economy.

Revue de presse

This book is by any standard an outstanding contribution to the field. . . there is a huge value in his richly detailed narrative. This set of books will be the standard source on demand-side computing for perhaps a generation. (Martin Campbell-Kelly, Business History Review)

This book is by any standard an outstanding contribution to the field. . . there is a huge value in his richly detailed narrative. This set of books will be the standard source on demand-side computing for perhaps a generation. (Martin Campbell-Kelly, Business History ReviewCortada has perhaps the deepest understandind of the growing and changing impact of computers in societ?)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195165888
ISBN 13 
9780195165883
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
512
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