Studying History as it Unfolds, Part 1: Creating the History of Information Technologies

James W. Cortada

doi:10.1109/MAHC.2015.55

Studying History as it Unfolds, Part 1: Creating the History of Information Technologies

James W. Cortada

Charles Babbage Institute

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Abstract

This article is part of a two-part series exploring the development of the early history of information technologies, from the 1940s to the present. It argues that historians have developed this new field along the lines evident in other historical categories, evolving from accounts of machines and individuals to more complex historiographical issues involving research methods, institutions, groups, and whole nations.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7155427
Pages (from-to)	20-31
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2015.55
State	Published - Jul 1 2015

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historians
historiography
history of computing
information technology

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