The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries
| AUTHOR | Cortada, James W. |
| PUBLISHER | Oxford University Press (12/04/2003) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
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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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780195165883
ISBN-10:
0195165888
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
494
Carton Quantity:
16
Product Dimensions:
6.18 x 1.15 x 9.66 inches
Weight:
1.91 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | General
Technology & Engineering | Economic History
Technology & Engineering | Reference
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
338.097
Library of Congress Control Number:
2003012107
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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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Author:
Cortada, James W.
James W. Cortada is the author of a dozen books on Spain, including "Spain in the Nineteenth-Century World: Essays on Spanish Diplomacy, 1789 1898", and two previous publications on the Spanish Civil War. He is also the author of dozens of articles on modern European and Spanish history. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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