Title :
Studying History as it Unfolds, Part 1: Creating the History of Information Technologies
Author :
Cortada, James W.
Author_Institution :
Charles Babbage Inst., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
As part of a two-part series, this article explores the development of the early history of information technologies from the 1940s to the present. Looking at how historians wrestled with the history of computing is a useful modern case that can offer tactical recommendations for those in other fields of technology.
Keywords :
computer science; history; information technology; computing history; information technologies; tactical recommendations; Engineering profession; History; Information technology; computing; historians; historiography; history of computing; information technology;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2015.55
