The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195165888
ISBN13:9780195165883
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:494 Pages
Weight:1.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.7"
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