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The Digital Hand : How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries Hardback - 2003
by Cortada, James W
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- Title The Digital Hand : How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries
- Author Cortada, James W
- Binding Hardback
- Edition U. S. EDITION
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 494
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, N.Y.
- Publication date 2003-12-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4834660-6
- ISBN 9780195165883 / 0195165888
- Weight 1.91 lbs (0.87 kg)
- Dimensions 9.66 x 6.18 x 1.15 in (24.54 x 15.70 x 2.92 cm)
- Reading level 1510
- Category Technology & Industrial Arts
- Library of Congress subjects Automation - Economic aspects - United States, Manufacturing industries - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003012107
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.097
- Quantity available 1
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Summary
Preface 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications2. Digitizing the American Economy3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel and Aerospace6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals7. Business Practices and Digital Applications in Information Age Manufacturing Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Drives, and Software8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy...
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Americans injected digital technology into their national economy in massive quantities during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Citations
- Choice, 07/01/2004, Page 2091
