01499nam a2200313 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002300173082001200196100002200208245013900230260005900369300005100428504005100479520033700530588004700867650004300914650005000957650002501007776003301032856009101065942001201156999001701168EDZ0000113260StDuBDS20170921124341.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||121213s2012    nyuab  fo|    001 0 eng|d  a9780199980406 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aQA76.17b.C67 201204a0042231 aCortada, James W.14aThe digital flood : diffusion of information technology across the U.S., Europe, and Asia /h[electronic resource] cJames W. Cortada.  aNew York ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,cc2012.  a1 online resource (xix, 789 p.) :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aThe 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aElectronic digital computersxHistory. 0aElectronic digital computersxSocial aspects. 0aTechnology transfer.08iPrint versionz9780199921553403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199921553.001.0001  2ddccBK  c38214d38214