The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries

by James W. Cortada

Book Overview

In The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in sixteen industries, accounting for nearly half of the U.S. economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influenced other industries and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195165888
• ISBN13: 9780195165883
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.7"