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The digital flood : the diffusion of information technology across the U.S., Europe, and Asia /

The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cortada, James W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Electronic digital computers > History.
Electronic digital computers > Social aspects.
Technology transfer.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
Ordinateurs > Aspect social.
Transfert de technologie.
Electronic digital computers.
Electronic books.
E-books.
E-reference.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key players in the globalized economy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 789 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199980406
0199980403
9780199921553
0199921555