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Book Title: From Mainframes To Smartphones: A History Of The Internation...
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: From Mainframes to Smartphones : a History of the International Computer Industry
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Economic History, History
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Subject Area: Computers, Business & Economics
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
