Description: Before the Computer : IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created 1, Paperback by Cortada, James W., ISBN 0691600104, ISBN-13 9780691600109, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool. As James Cortada describes what was once called the "office appliance industry," he challenges our view of the computer as a revolutionary technology. Cortada interprets reliance on computers as a development within an important segment of the American economy that was earlier represented largely by such instruments as typewriters, tabulating machines, adding machines, and calculators. He also describes how many of the practices of the office appliance industry evolved into those of the computer world. Drawing on previously unavailable industry archives, the author adds to our understanding of IBMs early history and offers short corporate histories of firms that include NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand. Focusing on the United States but also including comparative material on Europe and Asia, Before the Computer will be a unique source of knowledge about the companies that built office equipment and their enormous impact on economic life.
Originally published in 1993.
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Book Title: Before the Computer : IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and
Number of Pages: 402 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Before the Computer : IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865-1956
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Economic History, Office Equipment & Supplies
Item Height: 0.8 in
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Business & Economics
Author: James W. Cortada
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
