Skip to content

Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945 Hardcover - 2009

by Lars Heide


From the publisher

At a time when Internet use is closely tracked and social networking sites supply data for targeted advertising, Lars Heide presents the first academic study of the invention that fueled today's information revolution: the punched card.

Early punched cards helped to process the United States census in 1890. They soon proved useful in calculating invoices and issuing pay slips. As demand for more sophisticated systems and reading machines increased in both the United States and Europe, punched cards served ever-larger data-processing purposes. Insurance companies, public utilities, businesses, and governments all used them to keep detailed records of their customers, competitors, employees, citizens, and enemies.

The United States used punched-card registers in the late 1930s to pay roughly 21 million Americans their Social Security pensions, Vichy France used similar technologies in an attempt to mobilize an army against the occupying German forces, and the Germans in 1941 developed several punched-card registers to make the war effort--and surveillance of minorities--more effective. Heide's analysis of these three major punched-card systems, as well as the impact of the invention on Great Britain, illustrates how different cultures collected personal and financial data and how they adapted to new technologies.

This comparative study will interest students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the history of technology, computer science, business history, and management and organizational studies.

Details

  • Title Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945
  • Author Lars Heide
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition FIrst Printing.
  • Pages 376
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD:
  • Date 2009-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780801891434 / 0801891434
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Information technology - United States, Punched card systems
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008028731
  • Dewey Decimal Code 004.9

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2009, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 05/29/2009, Page 18
  • Scitech Book News, 09/01/2009, Page 10

About the author

Lars Heide is an associate professor at the Centre for Business History at Copenhagen Business School.

Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Punch-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion 1880-1945
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Punch-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion 1880-1945

by Lars Heide

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780801891434
ISBN 10
0801891434
Quantity Available
4
Seller
MONTAGUE, Massachusetts, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$10.00
$4.75 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
The John Hopkins Univeristy Press, 2009. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. The John Hopkins Univeristy Press, Baltimore, 2009. 369 pages. 9 x 6", hardcover, dj. Like New.
Item Price
$10.00
$4.75 shipping to USA
Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945

by Heide, Lars

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 13
9780801891434
ISBN 10
0801891434
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$16.10
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Item Price
$16.10
FREE shipping to USA
Punched-Card Systems & the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945.

Punched-Card Systems & the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945.

by Lars Heide

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780801891434
ISBN 10
0801891434
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$19.90
$39.79 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Johns Hopkins., 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Punched-Card Systems & the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945 by Lars Heide (ISBN: 9780801891434): "Punched-Card Systems & the Early Information Explosion" delves into the history of punched-card technology and its crucial role in the early information revolution from 1880 to 1945. Lars Heide explores how punched cards transformed data processing, automation, and the management of information in various fields, including business, government, and science. The book sheds light on the development of punched-card systems, their applications in industries such as census-taking and finance, and their impact on the growth of modern data management. Heide's work offers a fascinating look at a technology that laid the foundation for modern computing and data processing. Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.
Item Price
$19.90
$39.79 shipping to USA
Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945

Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945

by Lars Heide

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780801891434
ISBN 10
0801891434
Quantity Available
2
Seller
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$79.08
$12.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Hardback. New. This comparative study will interest students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the history of technology, computer science, business history, and management and organizational studies.
Item Price
$79.08
$12.74 shipping to USA
Punched-card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Punched-card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880-1945

by Heide, Lars

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780801891434
ISBN 10
0801891434
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$91.27
$12.80 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. 376 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.
Item Price
$91.27
$12.80 shipping to USA