Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945
Heide, Lars, 1950-
Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945 Lars Heide. - 1 online resource (369 p.) : ill. ; - Studies in industry and society . - Studies in industry and society. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-350) and index.
Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.
Open Access
9780801898723 0801898722
Information technology--Europe.
Information technology--United States.
Punched card systems.
Electronic books.
HF5548 / .H387 2009
004/.9
Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945 Lars Heide. - 1 online resource (369 p.) : ill. ; - Studies in industry and society . - Studies in industry and society. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-350) and index.
Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.
Open Access
9780801898723 0801898722
Information technology--Europe.
Information technology--United States.
Punched card systems.
Electronic books.
HF5548 / .H387 2009
004/.9