Computer in the United States

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota.

• Chapter 1 Issues and the Debate; Chapter 2 Technical Origins of the Computer; Chapter 3 Analog, Electromechanical, and Digital Machines; Chapter 4 Vendors’ Initial Responses to the Computer; Chapter 5 The Public and Customers Meet the Computer; Chapter 6 Patterns in Office Equipment Technology;