{"product_id":"coding-capitalism-devin-kennedy-9780231224031","title":"Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar Us Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked, how markets operated, and how businesses became big. After World War II, military officials and their partners in industry looked to the newly invented electronic computer as they sought to cut costs, speed up labor, manage supply chains, and--they hoped--bring stability to the postwar economy. Their efforts would shape early computer science and the first applications of computer technology in manufacturing and business, with profound consequences for workers and managers alike. By the 1960s, practices originally developed to improve industrial efficiency were being used by Wall Street, influencing how markets worked and even how traders thought. Digital technology became central to finance, tying together far-flung trading floors and automating decision making--with alarming consequences, including the 1987 Black Monday crash. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevin Kennedy offers a new history of the digital economy, showing how the computer emerged from--and transformed--capitalism in the United States. He traces how computer science and technology were made by industry, which molded computation to manage factories, financial markets, and entire firms. Drawing on the archives of businesses, computer researchers, regulators, and financial institutions, \u003ci\u003eCoding Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e retells the story of the postwar economy and the computer, revealing how midcentury business laid the foundations of the digital world. Bridging business and economic history with the history of science and technology, this book uncovers the prehistory of big tech and demonstrates how capitalism has shaped computing since its invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devin Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231224036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231224031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Devin Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242037555455,"sku":"9780231224031","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_813bd9f5-ff73-46ed-ae08-54b82eaaa3e9.jpg?v=1772657193","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coding-capitalism-devin-kennedy-9780231224031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}