The history of computing within the history of information technology

History and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 7-19

  Aspray, William ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84877114801     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341519408581851     Document Type: Article

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34. J. Beniger, The Control Revolution; and J. Yates, Control Through Communication; and J. Cortada, Before the Computer.
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36. One cannot strictly compare the number of entries in the two editions because the second edition contains entries missed in the first edition as well as publications appearing since the first edition. However, even a cursory inspection of the second edition shows how much the literature grew during the 1980s.