Balkan cyberia : : Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain / / Victor Petrov.

• VerfasserIn: Petrov, Victor P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: History of computing
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (417 pages)

"Original take on the history of socialist Bulgaria, examined through the prism of computers to make broader claims about political, economic, intelligence, social, and cultural life in Bulgaria, and by extension, the Soviet bloc and state socialism in general"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Worlds of the Bulgarian Computer -- 1. The Conjuncture: The Road to the Bulgarian Electronics Industry -- 2. The Captive Market: The Rise and Apogee of an Industry -- 3. Access Denied: Spies, Technologies, and Circulation Across the Iron Curtain -- 4. Roses and Lotuses: Bulgaria's Electronic Entanglement with India -- 5. Automatic for the People: The Scientific-Technical Revolution and Society -- 6. The Socialist Cyborg: Education, Intellectuals, and Culture -- 7. Networked and Plugged In: Computer Priests and their Pathways -- Conclusion: The Uneven Future -- Appendix A: Snapshot of Automation in 1989 -- Appendix B: Types of Machines Produced -- Index -- Series List.