A People’s History of Computing in the United States is a non-fiction book by Joy Lisi Rankin. It focuses on American students and educators in the 1960s and 1970s, in particular, those at Dartmouth College, in the Minnesota education system, and at the University of Illinois. Rankin is especially interested in countering the "Silicon Valley mythology" and showing how "computing citizens" created their own networks and fostered a sense of computing for the public good, which she compares to today's "computing consumers".[1][2][3]
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| Author | Joy Lisi Rankin |
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| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 2018 |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780674970977 |
References edit
- ^ Benjamin, Louise (2019-12-01). "A People's History of Computing in the United States". Journal of American History. 106 (3): 835–836. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaz657. ISSN 0021-8723.
- ^ Abbate, Janet (2020-10-21). "Joy Lisi Rankin. A People's History of Computing in the United States". The American Historical Review. 125 (4): 1465–1466. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhaa487. ISSN 0002-8762.
- ^ Bix, Amy Sue (2019). "Joy Lisi Rankin. A People's History of Computing in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018. 336 pp". History of Education Quarterly. 59 (2): 303–306. doi:10.1017/heq.2019.12. ISSN 0018-2680. S2CID 150992548.
External links edit
- Rankin, Joy Lisi (1 November 2018). "How 1960s Dartmouth Computing Pioneers Gave Rise to Macho Tech Culture". Slate Magazine. (Adapted excerpt from the book)
- Press website
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