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The Computer Revolution in Canada
Author | : John N. Vardalas |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2001-07-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780262264983 |
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The forces that shaped Canada's digital innovations in the postwar period. After World War II, other major industrialized nations responded to the technological and industrial hegemony of the United States by developing their own design and manufacturing competence in digital electronic technology. In this book John Vardalas describes the quest for such competence in Canada, exploring the significant contributions of the civilian sector but emphasizing the role of the Canadian military in shaping radical technological change. As he shows, Canada's determination to be an active participant in research and development work on advanced weapons systems, and in the testing of those weapons systems, was a cornerstone of Canadian technological development during the years 1945-1980. Vardalas presents case studies of such firms as Ferranti-Canada, Sperry Gyroscope of Canada, and Control Data of Canada. In contrast to the standard nationalist interpretation of Canadian subsidiaries of transnational corporations as passive agents, he shows them to have been remarkably innovative and explains how their aggressive programs to develop all-Canadian digital R&D and manufacturing capacities influenced technological development in the United States and in Great Britain. While underlining the unprecedented role of the military in the creation of peacetime scientific and technical skills, Vardalas also examines the role of government and university research programs, including Canada's first computerized systems for mail sorting and airline reservations. Overall, he presents a nuanced account of how national economic, political, and corporate forces influenced the content, extent, and direction of digital innovation in Canada.
Computers on the Job
Author | : Heather Menzies |
Publsiher | : James Lorimer & Company |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0888625537 |
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Written as the computer revolution dawned on Canadian society, Computers on the Job introduces the effects of technological change on people in their homes and workplaces. Heather Menzies explains, in clear, nontechnical terms, how the microcochip unleashes the full potential of computers, allowing employers to automate many routine jobs and transform others--sometimes for the benefit of employees, sometimes not. She traces the effects of computerization on office work, on the service industry and on traditional blue-collar occupations, forecasting changes that, in many cases, have come to pass. Computers on the Job is a pioneering study of the impact of widespread computer use on Canadian society.
The Computer Revolution
Author | : John M. Dunn |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1560068485 |
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Explores the history of computers and how they have changed communications world-wide.
Computing in Canada
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : OCLC:227014432 |
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Nations at Risk
Author | : Edward Yourdon |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : UOM:39015010753294 |
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The purpose of this book is to survey the impact of the computer revolution in broad terms, and to see--in more direct detailed terms than has been done before--how this revolution puts our nation at greater and greater risk each day. Today's computer technology, coupled with the frenetic pace of technological development, has put the United States in a race for economic survival with a dozen other countries around the world.
The Information Revolution
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Author | : Canada. Library of Parliament. Research Branch,Joe A. Gatner |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : OCLC:976868868 |
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The Computer Revolution
Author | : Edmund Callis Berkeley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Information storage and retrieval systems |
ISBN | : UOM:39015021085181 |
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The Information Revolution and Its Implications for Canada
Author | : Shirley Serafini,Michel Andrieu |
Publsiher | : Communications Economics Branch |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Automation |
ISBN | : UOM:39015011590398 |
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