Table of Contents
Contents
PrefaceAbbreviations
Introduction: Minnesota Goes High-Tech
1. Philadelphia Story: Wartime Origins of Minnesota Computing
2. St. Paul Startup: Engineering Research Associates Builds a Pioneering Computer
3. Corporate Computing: Univac Creates a High-Tech Minnesota Industry
4. Innovation Machine: Control Data’s Supercomputers, Services, and Social Vision
5. First Computer: Honeywell, Partnerships, and the Politics of Patents
6. Big Blue: Manufacturing and Innovation at IBM Rochester
7. Industrial Dynamics: Minnesota Embraces the Information Economy
8. High-Technology Innovation: Medical Devices and Beyond