Title :
Appropriating America: Americanization in the History of European Computing
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NY, USA
Abstract :
Five articles resulting from the Appropriating America, Making Europe Conference (held in Amsterdam, 15-17 January 2009) are introduced in the light of the existing literature in American studies and the contrasting approaches of the history of postwar reconstruction and Cold War history. All five articles convey the tension between hegemonic and consensus interpretation. More than that, the set of five shows a pathway beyond, toward a transnational history of computing.
Keywords :
government data processing; government policies; Americanization; Cold War history; Europe conference; European computing history; computing transnational history; consensus interpretation; government policies; hegemonic interpretation; Automation; Business; Cultural differences; Employment; Europe; History; Production; Standardization; Turning; Unemployment; Americanization; Cold War computing; Europe; Sovietization; appropriation of technology; history of computing; history of software;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2010.30
