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The digital flood : diffusion of information technology across the United States, Europe, and Asia / James W. Cortada.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xix, 789 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199921553 :
- 0199921555 :
- QA76.17 .C67 2012
Contents:
How much computing is the in the world? -- Diffusion of computing starts in the United States -- West European deployment begins : Great Britain, France, and West Germany -- Diffusion of computing in Italy, Netherlands, and Sweden -- How Western Europe embraced information technologies -- Limits of diffusion : computing in the Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic and Eastern Europe -- Computing comes to Japan -- IT tigers of Asia : South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore -- China : embracing IT in changing times -- India and the limits of digital diffusion -- How Asia embraced information technologies -- Diffusion of information technologies : results and implications.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QA 76.17 .C67 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5148841 |
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How much computing is the in the world? -- Diffusion of computing starts in the United States -- West European deployment begins : Great Britain, France, and West Germany -- Diffusion of computing in Italy, Netherlands, and Sweden -- How Western Europe embraced information technologies -- Limits of diffusion : computing in the Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic and Eastern Europe -- Computing comes to Japan -- IT tigers of Asia : South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore -- China : embracing IT in changing times -- India and the limits of digital diffusion -- How Asia embraced information technologies -- Diffusion of information technologies : results and implications.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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