The computer in the United States : from laboratory to market, 1930 to 1960

Author(s)

• Cortada, James W.

Bibliographic Information

The computer in the United States : from laboratory to market, 1930 to 1960

James W. Cortada

M.E. Sharpe, c1993

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book studies how a technological innovation -- in this case the computer -- progresses from its origin as an idea in someone's mind to its eventual manifestation as a useable and marketable consumer product.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Issues and the Debate
• Chapter 2 Technical Origins of the Computer
• Chapter 3 Analog, Electromechanical, and Digital Machines
• Chapter 4 Vendors' Initial Responses to the Computer
• Chapter 5 The Public and Customers Meet the Computer
• Chapter 6 Patterns in Office Equipment Technology

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Details

• NCID: BA21140646
• ISBN:
  • 1563242346
  • 1563242354
• LCCN: 93004184
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Armonk, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 183 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TK7885.A5
  • DC20 : 338.4/70040973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computer engineering -- United States -- History
  • LCSH : Computers -- United States -- History
  • LCSH : Computer industry -- United States -- History