The Digital Hand: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries

James W. Cortada0-19-516588-8

This book describes how computers were used in 16 American industries over the past half century to determine what were the critical uses, how technologies came into these industries, and how they were changed by it. This book asserts that computing profoundly changed the nature of work in these industries, creating the bedrock of the Information Age.