Balkan cyberia : Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain / Victor Petrov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrov, Victor, 1987- author.

Series:

History of computing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic digital computers--History--20th century.

Electronic digital computers.

Computers--Bulgaria--History--20th century.

Computers.

Computers--Soviet Union--History.

Computer industry--Bulgaria--History--20th century.

Computer industry.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Original take on the history of socialist Bulgaria, examined through the prism of computers to make broader claims about political, economic, intelligence, social, and cultural life in Bulgaria, and by extension, the Soviet bloc and state socialism in general"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Worlds of the Bulgarian Computer

1. The Conjuncture: The Road to the Bulgarian Electronics Industry

2. The Captive Market: The Rise and Apogee of an Industry

3. Access Denied: Spies, Technologies, and Circulation Across the Iron Curtain

4. Roses and Lotuses: Bulgaria's Electronic Entanglement with India

5. Automatic for the People: The Scientific-Technical Revolution and Society

6. The Socialist Cyborg: Education, Intellectuals, and Culture

7. Networked and Plugged In: Computer Priests and their Pathways

Conclusion: The Uneven Future

Appendix A: Snapshot of Automation in 1989

Appendix B: Types of Machines Produced

Index

Series List.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-37325-4

0-262-37326-2

OCLC:

1334947583