Engines that move markets : technology investing from railroads to the Internet and beyond
Alasdair Nairn
| Year of publication: |
2002
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| Authors: | Nairn, Alasdair ; Nairn, Alasdair Sandy |
| Publisher: |
New York : Wiley |
| Subject: | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change | Technikgeschichte | History of technology | Erfindung | Invention | Welt | World | USA | United States | Technik | Investition | Geschichte | Technische Innovation | Marktverhalten | Wirtschaftsentwicklung |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [loc.gov] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] ; Description [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XVII, 494 S Ill., graph. Darst 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-485) and index Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Sir John Templeton -- Author's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Making Tracks: The Industrial Revolution, -- Canals, and Railways -- Chapter 2 Breaking Out: The Story of the U.S. Railroads -- Chapter 3 Investing at the Speed of Sound: -- How the Telephone Changed Everything -- Chapter 4 Lighting Up: Edison and the Electric Lamp -- Chapter 5 Digging Deep: The Search for Oil -- Chapter 6 Driving Forward: The History of the Automobile -- Chapter 7 Making Waves: The Story of Wireless, -- from Marconi to Baird -- Chapter 8 Making It Count: From Adding Machines to Mainframes -- Chapter 9 Processing Power for All: The Rise of the PC -- Chapter 10 The Internet: How Time-Share Computing -- Became a Reality -- Chapter 11 The Pathology of Technology Investing -- Notes -- Index. |
| ISBN: | 0-471-20595-8 |
| Classification: | Forschung und Entwicklung ; Technikgeschichte ; Ausbildung, Beruf, Organisationen |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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