Inventing the Electronic Century : : The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, With a New Preface / / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. traces their origins and worldwide development. From electronics prime mover RCA in the 1920s to Sony and Matsus...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Harvard Studies in Business History
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- 1. Introduction: Concepts and Approach
- 2. Consumer Electronics: The United States— The Creation and Destruction of a National Industry
- 3. Consumer Electronics: Japan’s Paths to Global Conquest
- 4. Mainframes and Minicomputers: The Computer Industry Created in the United States
- 5. The Microprocessor Revolution: The Computer Industry Recast in the United States
- 6. The National Competitors: Europe’s Computer Industries Die, Japan’s Industry Challenges
- 7. The Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries as the Electronic Century Begins
- 8. The Significance of the Epic Story
- Appendices
- Notes
- Index