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Reworking the Computer Age

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A global history of the computer age from the perspective of work, gender, and emotions.
  • 31 May 2026
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Taking a global perspective to the computer age reveals how work, gender, and emotions have shaped its history. Since the 1960s, workplaces have been key sites for the introduction of computers, transforming organizations, future imaginaries, and perceptions of self and others. Yet, contrary to dominant narratives, this process was neither smooth nor universally welcomed. Workers and organizations responded in diverse ways, forming distinct emotional communities amid profound change. Across eight chapters, case studies from Europe, Asia, and Latin America offer new insights into the global computer age and invite reflection on our present relationship with technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and ongoing workplace transformations.
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Price: $48.00
Pages: 252
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: History of Science and Technology
Publication Date: 31 May 2026
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837675658
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
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Christiane Berth is a professor of contemporary history at Universität Graz. Her research interests include the global history of communication and technology, food and consumption, trade and migration, as well as the history of Mexico and Central America. She earned her doctorate from Universität Hamburg and has held academic positions at the universities of St. Gallen, Basel, Bern, and Costa Rica.

Michael M. Prentice is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages, Arts and Societies at the University of Sheffield. Trained as a linguistic and cultural anthropologist of Korea, his research broadly focuses on genres and technologies of communication in contemporary South Korea organizations. He did his PhD at the University of Michigan and previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.