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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524686203321

Autore

Heide Lars <1950->

Titolo

Punched-card systems and the early information explosion, 1880-1945 / / Lars Heide

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9872-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

Studies in industry and society

Disciplina

004/.9

Soggetti

Punched card systems

Information technology - United States

Information technology - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-350) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.

Sommario/riassunto

This comparative study will interest students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the history of technology, computer science, business history, and management and organizational studies.