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The Digital Hand

The Digital Hand

The Digital Hand
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The Digital Hand Hardback - 2003

by James W. Cortada

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  • Title The Digital Hand
  • Author James W. Cortada
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition U. S. EDITION
  • Condition New
  • Pages 494
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, N.Y.
  • Publication date 2003-12-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BIBNNA-143448
  • 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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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 U.S economy. In addition, to this account of computers' impact on industry, Cortada also demonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, economists, and anyone interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis of digital technology's many roles and its future possibilities in a wide array of industries. A detailed picture of what the infrastructure of the Information Age really looks like and how we got there, The Digital Hand is a sweeping survey of how computers transformed 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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