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Balkan Cyberia de Victor Petrov

Balkan Cyberia

Autor Victor Petrov
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 iun 2023
"Original take on the history of socialist Bulgaria, examined through the prism of computers to make broader claims about political, economic, intelligence, social, and cultural life in Bulgaria, and by extension, the Soviet bloc and state socialism in general"--
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780262545129
ISBN-10: 0262545128
Pagini: 426
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Editura: Mit Press

Notă biografică

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Cuprins

List of Abbreviations ix
Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: The Worlds of the Bulgarian Computer 1
1 The Conjuncture: The Road to the Bulgarian Electronics Industry 27
2 The Captive Market: The Rise and Apogee of an Industry 57
3 Access Denied: Spies, Technologies, and Circulation Across the Iron Curtain 107
4 Roses and Lotuses: Bulgaria's Electronic Entanglement with India 141
5 Automatic for the People: The Scientific-Technical Revolution and Society 183
6 The Socialist Cyborg: Education, Intellectuals, and Culture 227
7 Networked and Plugged In: Computer Priests and Their Pathways 269
Conclusion: The Uneven Future 307
Appendix A: Snapshot of Automation in 1989 323
Appendix B: Types of Machines Produced 325
Notes 329
Index 379