02930oam 22005532 450 991074138980332120221212100810.00-262-37325-40-262-37326-2(CKB)5580000000532235(MiAaPQ)EBC30003622(Au-PeEL)EBL30003622(OCoLC)1334947583(OCoLC-P)1334947583(MaCbMITP)14212(EXLCZ)99558000000053223520220707d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBalkan cyberia Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain /Victor Petrov1st ed.Cambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[2023]1 online resource (417 pages)History of computing0-262-54512-8 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."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.Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron CurtainElectronic digital computersHistory20th centuryComputersBulgariaHistory20th centuryComputersSoviet UnionHistoryComputer industryBulgariaHistory20th centuryCold WarElectronic digital computersHistoryComputersHistoryComputersHistory.Computer industryHistoryCold War.004.09Petrov Victor P.495741OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910741389803321Balkan cyberia3555414UNINA