Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry

by James W. Cortada

Overview

Complementing the author's 1990 bibliography, A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry, this bibliography provides 2,500 new citations, covering all significant literature published since the late 1980s. It includes all aspects of the subject—biographies, company histories, industry studies, product descriptions, sociological studies, industry directories, and traditional monographic histories—and covers all periods from the beginnings to the personal computer. New to this volume is a chapter on the management of information processing operations, useful to both historians and managers of information technology. Together with the earlier bibliography, this work provides the most comprehensive bibliographic guide to the history of computers, computing, and the information processing industry.

The organization of the book follows that of the earlier work, with the addition of the new chapter on the management of information processing. All entries are new to this volume. Titles are annotated, and each chapter begins with a short introduction. A full table of contents and author and subject indexes enhance accessibility to the material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313295423
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1996
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Science and Technology , #9
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

JAMES W. CORTADA is a member of the IBM Consulting Group and the author of numerous books on the history and management of information processing./e He has compiled two previous bibliographies on computing and is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Data Processing , 3 volumes, (Greenwood, 1987).

Table of Contents

Preface
Reference and Introductory Materials
Origins of Modern Computing
Hardware and Its Inventors, 1920s-1960s
Hardware, 1960s-1980s
Information Processing Industry
Managing Data Processing
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Cites some 7,000 sources on computers, computing, and the information processing industry, covering significant literature published since the late 1980s, in sections on reference and introductory materials; origins of modern computing; hardware and its inventors; the information processing industry; and managing data processing. Offers brief annotations on sources such as biographies; company histories; industry studies; product descriptions; sociological studies; directories; and traditional histories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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