A New History of Modern Computing

“Haigh and Ceruzzi take a global perspective to integrate new work on network history, gender, and labor with their unmatched technical analysis. The result is a must-read for all those interested in the evolving histories of computers and computing.”

Valérie Schafer,, Professor in Contemporary History, Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg

A New History of Modern Computing is an instant classic—essential to historians, curators, and interdisciplinary scholars in information and media studies. Its integrated analysis of usage and technological change is an impressive feat and a real joy to read.”

Gerardo Con Diaz, author of Software Rights

“From microchips to cellphones to gigantic server farms, computers are among history's most revolutionary and rapidly evolving technologies. Yet their own history is littered with myth, misunderstanding, and misinformation. Written by distinguished experts, this book tells the definitive story of where computers came from, how they changed the world, and why those changes mattered to diverse communities. An indispensable handbook for users, developers, teachers, and historians.”

Paul Edwards, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, Stanford University; Professor Emeritus of Information and History, University of Michigan

"Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi's new version has been updated for a new generation in such a way that it will assuredly still be the standard by which other general histories are measured."

Victor Petrov

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