Writing computer and information history approaches, connections, and reflections / edited by William Aspray.
| Other author | Aspray, William. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] |
| Description | xviii, 496 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The master narratives. Historians and the information turn in history / Toni Weller ; Writing the big story / Thomas Haigh -- Creating a new story of information history. Writing information history using new frameworks, theories, and approaches / James Cortada ; Writing information history from the perspective of rhetorical genre theory / Laura Skouvig ; An i for an I : call and response for the iSchools / Geoffrey Bowker and John Leslie King -- Reshaping the mature story of computing history. Writing the history of computing : the first half century / David Gugerli and Daniela Zetti ; Transformative product launches in computing and Internet markets : origins and archetypes / Shane Greenstein ; Writing the economic history of computing / Daniel Garcia-Swartz and Martin Campbell-Kelly ; Writing law and public policy into computing and information history / Philip Doty and William Aspray -- Broadening computing and information history. Writing the history of telecommunications and data networks / Valerie Schafer ; Writing data into the histories of computing and information / Matthew Jones ; Writing about writing about social informatics : opportunities and challenges / Howard Rosenbaum ; Writing geography into the history of computing, communication, and information / Gregory Downey ; Traveling across the lands of history, philosophy, and practices of computing : confessions of a nomad / Liesbeth De Mol. |
| Abstract | "This is not a book about the history of computing or the history of information. Instead, it is a meta-historical book about the research and writing of these types of history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023055532 |
| ISBN | 9781538183816 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |