A People’s History of Computing in the United States

Joy Lisi Rankin

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$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674970977

Publication Date: 10/08/2018

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336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

25 photos, 4 tables

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Introduction: People Computing (Not the Silicon Valley Mythology)
1. When Students Taught the Computer
2. Making a Macho Computing Culture
3. Back to BASICs
4. The Promise of Computing Utilities and the Proliferation of Networks
5. How The Oregon Trail Began in Minnesota
6. PLATO Builds a Plasma Screen
7. PLATO’s Republic (or, the Other ARPANET)
Epilogue: From Personal Computing to Personal Computers
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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