The Digital Flood

The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key players in the globalized economy.

Preface ; 1. How Much Computing Is in The World? ; 2. Diffusion of Computing Starts in the United States ; 3. Early Western European Deployment: Great Britain, France and West Germany ; 4. Diffusion of Computing in Italy, Netherlands, and Sweden ; 5. How Western Europe Embraced Information Technologies ; 6. Limits of Diffusion: Computing in the Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic and Eastern Europe ; 7. Computing Comes to Japan ; 8. Diffusion of Computing into South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore ; 9. China: Embracing IT in Changing Times ; 10. India AND THE Limits of Digital Diffusion ; 11. How Asia Embraced Information Technologies ; 12. Diffusion of Information Technologies: Results and Implications ; Appendices: ; A. Preparing a Global Diffusion History: Lessons Learned, Paths Not Taken ; B. Wave One and Wave Two Compared ; Endnotes ; Bibliographic Essay ; Index