Electric Dreams Computers in American Culture
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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| Médium: | E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | English |
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New York
NYU Press
2005
New York University Press |
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| ISBN: | 9780814727393, 0814727395, 9780814727409, 0814727409 |
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- Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: 1: Charles Babbage and the Politics of Computer Memory 2: Ideologies of Information Processing: 3: Filming the “Electronic Brain” 4: The Many Creators of the Personal Computer 5: Apple’s 1984 6: The Rise of the Simulation Game 7: Imagining Cyberspace 8: Dot-com Politics 9: Beyond Napster 10: Linux and Utopia Conclusion: Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
- About the Author Index Bibliography Notes Conclusion: Cybertopia Today 10: Linux and Utopia 9: Beyond Napster 8: Dot-com Politics 7: Imagining Cyberspace Part III: The Interpersonal Computer 6: The Rise of the Simulation Game 5: Apple’s 1984 4: The Many Creators of the Personal Computer Part II: The Personal Computer 3: Filming the “Electronic Brain” 2: Ideologies of Information Processing: From Analog to Digital 1: Charles Babbage and the Politics of Computer Memory Part I: Mainframe Culture Introduction:The Dialectic of Technological Determinism Acknowledgments Contents TItle Page, Copyright, Dedication Cover
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Dialectic of Technological Determinism -- Part I. Mainframe Culture -- 1. Charles Babbage and the Politics of Computer Memory -- 2. Ideologies of Information Processing: From Analog to Digital -- 3. Filming the "Electronic Brain -- Part II. The Personal Computer -- 4. The Many Creators of the Personal Computer -- 5. Apple's 1984 -- 6. The Rise of the Simulation Game -- Part III. The Interpersonal Computer -- 7. Imagining Cyberspace -- 8. Dot-com Politics -- 9. Beyond Napster -- 10. Linux and Utopia -- Conclusion: Cybertopia Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
- Acknowledgments --
- 9 Beyond Napster --
- Index --
- Contents --
- Part III. The Interpersonal Computer --
- About the Author
- 4 The Many Creators of the Personal Computer --
- 3 Filming the “Electronic Brain” --
- Part I Mainframe Culture --
- 8 Dot-com Politics --
- 7 Imagining Cyberspace --
- 1 Charles Babbage and the Politics of Computer Memory --
- Part II The Personal Computer --
- 6 The Rise of the Simulation Game --
- Frontmatter --
- Conclusion: Cybertopia Today --
- Notes --
- Bibliography --
- Introduction: The Dialectic of Technological Determinism --
- 2 Ideologies of Information Processing: From Analog to Digital --
- 5 Apple’s 1984 --
- 10 Linux and Utopia --