• DocumentCode
    1491788
  • Title

    Appropriating America: Americanization in the History of European Computing

  • Author

    Alberts, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NY, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    7
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.30
  • Filename
    5465107
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1491788