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

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Complementing the author's 1990 bibliography, this volume 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.

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.,."this is an extremely well-researched, professionally, presented work by a member of both the IBM Consulting Group and the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Conveniently organized, and higly topical, ..."- ALR
...this is an extremely well-researched, professionally, presented work by a member of both the IBM Consulting Group and the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Conveniently organized, and higly topical, ...- ALR
[A]n invaluable annotated and structured index to the huge literature- most of it periodical and in short monograph format-on computers.-Communication Booknotes Quarterly
Cortada's two literature guides represent the most comprehensive bibliographic treatment of the topic to date. Highly recommended.-New Reference Works in Science and Technology
"An invaluable annotated and structured index to the huge literature- most of it periodical and in short monograph format-on computers."-Communication Booknotes Quarterly
"[A]n invaluable annotated and structured index to the huge literature- most of it periodical and in short monograph format-on computers."-Communication Booknotes Quarterly
"Cortada's two literature guides represent the most comprehensive bibliographic treatment of the topic to date. Highly recommended."-New Reference Works in Science and Technology
..."this is an extremely well-researched, professionally, presented work by a member of both the IBM Consulting Group and the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Conveniently organized, and higly topical, ..."- ALR

Author Bio

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).