Electric Dreams : Computers in American Culture.

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Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contempora...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Ted
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Temas:
Computers and civilization > Social aspects.
Computers > History.
Computers.
Computers
Ordinateurs et civilisation > Aspect social.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
Ordinateurs.
computers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems. Electric Dreams arg.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:9780814728666
0814728669

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