03381nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-44134-9 DE-He213 20251030110842.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231128s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031441349 978-3-031-44134-9 10.1007/978-3-031-44134-9 doi QA76.17 U bicssc TBX bicssc COM080000 bisacsh U thema TBX thema Aspray, William. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 67653 Understanding Information History [electronic resource] : The Case of America in 1920 / by William Aspray. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 98 p. 36 illus., 14 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda SpringerBriefs in History of Computing, 2662-3013 1. America in 1920: The Traditional Account -- 2. Altering the Traditional Account to Give Greater Attention to Information History -- 3. Consumer Technologies, Modernity, and Information Issues -- Information Institutions and Industries -- 4. What is Information History and How Do We Study It?. Microhistory is a technique that has been used effectively by writers of both fiction and nonfiction. It enables the author to cut through the complexities of large swaths of history by focusing on a particular time and place. Microhistories are particularly useful in historical study when a subfield has recently arisen and there are not yet enough monographic studies from which to draw general patterns. This microhistory focuses on a single year (1920) across the United States, with the goal of understanding the various roles of information in this society. It gives greater emphasis to the informational aspects of traditional historical topics such as farming, government bureaucracy, the Spanish flu pandemic, and Prohibition; and it gives greater attention to information-rich topics such as libraries and museums, schools and colleges, the financial services and office machinery industries, scientific research institutions, and management consultancies. . Computers History. 67654 United States History. 67655 Technology Sociological aspects. Information technology. Consumer behavior. 57391 History of Computing. 67656 US History. 67657 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Consumer Behavior. 57391 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031441332 Printed edition: 9783031441356 SpringerBriefs in History of Computing, 2662-3013 67658 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44134-9 ZDB-2-SCS ZDB-2-SXCS 56665 56665