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Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945
Lars Heide
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Description for Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945
Hardback. 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. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36, 21 black & white halftones, 15 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TBX; UB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
At a time when Internet use is closely tracked and social networking sites supply data for targeted advertising, Lars Heide presents the first academic study of the invention that fueled today's information revolution: the punched card. Early punched cards helped to process the United States census in 1890. They soon proved useful in calculating invoices and issuing pay slips. As demand for more sophisticated systems and reading machines increased in both the United States and Europe, punched cards served ever-larger data-processing purposes. Insurance companies, public utilities, businesses, and governments all used them to keep detailed records of their customers, competitors, ... Read more
At a time when Internet use is closely tracked and social networking sites supply data for targeted advertising, Lars Heide presents the first academic study of the invention that fueled today's information revolution: the punched card. Early punched cards helped to process the United States census in 1890. They soon proved useful in calculating invoices and issuing pay slips. As demand for more sophisticated systems and reading machines increased in both the United States and Europe, punched cards served ever-larger data-processing purposes. Insurance companies, public utilities, businesses, and governments all used them to keep detailed records of their customers, competitors, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Industry and Society
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891434
SKU
V9780801891434
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About Lars Heide
Lars Heide is an associate professor at the Centre for Business History at Copenhagen Business School.
Reviews for Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945
Prodigiously-researched book.
Larry Frohmann H-Net Reviews 2010
Larry Frohmann H-Net Reviews 2010