Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry

Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 9780313388019
ISBN-13 : 0313388016
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Book Synopsis Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry by : James W. Cortada

Download or read book Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry written by James W. Cortada and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-01-30 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complementing the author's 1990 bibliography, A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry, this bibliography provides 2,500 new citations, covering all significant literature published since the late 1980s. It includes all aspects of the subject—biographies, company histories, industry studies, product descriptions, sociological studies, industry directories, and traditional monographic histories—and covers all periods from the beginnings to the personal computer. New to this volume is a chapter on the management of information processing operations, useful to both historians and managers of information technology. Together with the earlier bibliography, this work provides the most comprehensive bibliographic guide to the history of computers, computing, and the information processing industry. The organization of the book follows that of the earlier work, with the addition of the new chapter on the management of information processing. All entries are new to this volume. Titles are annotated, and each chapter begins with a short introduction. A full table of contents and author and subject indexes enhance accessibility to the material.


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