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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cortada, James W., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic digital computers--History.

Electronic digital computers.

Electronic digital computers--Social aspects.

Technology transfer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 789 p.) : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

1. How Much Computing Is in The World?

2. Diffusion of Computing Starts in the United States

3. West European Deployment Begins: Great Britain, France, and West Germany

4. Diffusion of Computing in Italy, Netherlands, and Sweden

5. How Western Europe Embraced Information Technologies

6. Limits of Diffusion: Computing in the Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic and Eastern Europe

7. Computing Comes to Japan

8. IT Tigers of Asia: South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore

9. China: Embracing IT in Changing Times

10. India and the Limits of Digital Diffusion

11. How Asia Embraced Information Technologies

12. Diffusion of Information Technologies: Results and Implications

Appendices

A. Preparing a Global Diffusion History: Lessons Learned, Paths Not Taken

B. Wave One and Wave Two Compared

Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.