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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History Festschriften |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Misa, Thomas J. Digital state (DLC) 2013023773 (OCoLC)841495213 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas J Misa |
ISBN: | 9781461953081 1461953081 9780816688357 0816688354 |
OCLC Number: | 864551124 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Minnesota Goes High-Tech; 1. Philadelphia Story: Wartime Origins of Minnesota Computing; 2. St. Paul Start-up: Engineering Research Associates Builds a Pioneering Computer; 3. Corporate Computing: Univac Creates a High-Tech Minnesota Industry; 4. Innovation Machine: Control Data's Supercomputers, Services, and Social Vision; 5. First Computer: Honeywell, Partnerships, and the Politics of Patents; 6. Big Blue: Manufacturing and Innovation at IBM Rochester; 7. Industrial Dynamics: Minnesota Embraces the Information Economy. 8. High-Technology Innovation: Medical Devices and BeyondAppendix: Employment in Minnesota Computing, 1980-2011; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
Responsibility: | Thomas J. Misa. |
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"Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, Thomas J. Misa's impressive new book tells the story of a revolutionary group of companies and individuals who, during the middle of the twentieth century, transformed the computing industry right here in Minnesota. Digital State provides a much needed look at the roots of Minnesota's high-tech economy."-Margaret Anderson Kelliher, president and CEO of Minnesota High Tech Association and former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives "Minnesota's role in the rise of computing gets the thoughtful and big-picture attention it deserves in an impressive book by Tom Misa."-Pioneer Press"Engaging and lavishly illustrated."-Journal of American History"Digital State should be an addition to the "must read" lists of serious students and practitioners of the history of computing."-IEEE Annals of the History of Computing"Digital State is the book we've all been waiting for - a thoroughly researched and delightfully written history of how this region was a center of computer design and manufacturing for decades, what sustained it, and how it adapted to change."-Minnesota Historical Society Review"This richly detailed book is the most significant work about the early U.S. computer industry to come out in the last decade, and it will greatly deepen our understanding of the industry's evolution and regional geography."-Technology and Culture"Misa's readable book will be an important source for students of technology and the computing industry. I highly recommend it."-Oral History Review Read more...


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- Computer industry -- Minnesota -- History.
- Information technology -- Minnesota -- History.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
- Computer industry.
- Information technology.
- Minnesota.