Structuring the Information Age: Life Insurance and Technology in the Twentieth Century

by JoAnne Yates

Book Overview

Structuring the Information Age provides insight into the largely unexplored evolution of information processing in the commercial sector and the underrated influence of corporate users in shaping the history of modern technology.

JoAnne Yates examines how life insurance firms--where good record-keeping and repeated use of massive amounts of data were crucial--adopted and shaped information processing technology through most of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801890861
• ISBN13: 9780801890864
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher