Punched-card systems and the early information explosion, 1880-1945 [electronic resource] / Lars Heide.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookSeries: Studies in industry and societyPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.Description: 369 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 004/.9 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5548 .H387 2009eb
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Contents:
Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-350) and index.

Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.

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