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This comparative study will interest students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the history of technology, computer science, business history, and management and organizational studies.

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Prodigiously-researched book. -- Larry Frohmann H-Net Reviews 2010

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Punched Cards and the 1890 United States Census
2. New Users, New Machines
3. U.S. Challengers to Hollerith
4. The Rise of International Business Machines
5. Decline of Punched Cards for European Census Processing
6. Punched Cards for General Statistics in Europe
7. Different Roads to European Punched-Card Bookkeeping
8. Keeping Tabs on Society with Punched Cards
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Financial Information: Tables and Figures
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

PunchedCard Systems and the Early Information

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/06/2009
      ISBN13: 9780801891434, 978-0801891434
      ISBN10: 0801891434

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This comparative study will interest students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the history of technology, computer science, business history, and management and organizational studies.

      Trade Review
      Prodigiously-researched book. -- Larry Frohmann H-Net Reviews 2010

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Punched Cards and the 1890 United States Census
      2. New Users, New Machines
      3. U.S. Challengers to Hollerith
      4. The Rise of International Business Machines
      5. Decline of Punched Cards for European Census Processing
      6. Punched Cards for General Statistics in Europe
      7. Different Roads to European Punched-Card Bookkeeping
      8. Keeping Tabs on Society with Punched Cards
      Conclusion
      Acknowledgments
      Appendix: Financial Information: Tables and Figures
      Notes
      Essay on Sources
      Index

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