01499nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000113260 StDuBDS 20170921124341.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 121213s2012 nyuab fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199980406 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS QA76.17 .C67 2012 004 23 Cortada, James W. The digital flood : diffusion of information technology across the U.S., Europe, and Asia / [electronic resource] James W. Cortada. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. 1 online resource (xix, 789 p.) : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key players in the globalized economy. Description based on print version record. Electronic digital computers History. Electronic digital computers Social aspects. Technology transfer. Print version 9780199921553 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199921553.001.0001 ddc BK 38214 38214