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UNINA9910741389803321 |
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Autore |
Petrov Victor P. |
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Titolo |
Balkan cyberia : Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain / / Victor Petrov |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023] |
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ISBN |
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0-262-37325-4 |
0-262-37326-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Electronic digital computers - History - 20th century |
Computers - Bulgaria - History - 20th century |
Computers - Soviet Union - History |
Computer industry - Bulgaria - History - 20th century |
Cold War |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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"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"-- |
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