Heroes and Titans: From Community to Consumer
Heroes and Titans: From Community to Consumer In A People’s History of Computing in the United States , Joy Lisi Rankin attempts to restructure the narrative of how the modern computer was established. The narrative of the myth of Technological Titans to a more cultural tale of students, professors, and teachers constantly refining an existing tool. Rankin discusses how communication and community helped create a technological age of accessibility and accountability to people all over the country, from New Hampshire and Minnesota to the West Coast and beyond. And along with this narrative, how a once-communal activity morphed into a solitary pastime. Florida Memory (c034169) An Employee at the Comptroller's Office Processing Data on IBM Equipment - Tallahassee, Florida, 1960 Throughout A People’s History , Rankin enforces the narrative of everyday Americans leading the push to refine a tool that was previously inaccessible. A tool that was primarily a tool of the gover...