Dear SIGCIS Colleagues, I wrote a book! *A People's History of Computing in the United States* was published by Harvard University Press[1] last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon[2] and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it. Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family. Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so. Sincerely, Joy Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com @JoyMLRankin Links: 1. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977 2. https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Computing-United-States/dp/0674970977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215629&sr=8-1&keywords=a+peoples+history+of+computing+in+the+united+states
Congratulations, Joy! Sure to be an excellent book! -Julie ***************************** Julie Cohn, Ph.D. Research Historian, Center for Public History University of Houston, 315 McElhinney Hall Houston, TX 77204-3007 cohnconnor@gmail.com Author: The Grid: Biography of an American Technology (MIT Press, 2017) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/grid
On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com> wrote:
Dear SIGCIS Colleagues,
I wrote a book!
A People's History of Computing in the United States was published by Harvard University Press <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977> last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Computing-United-States/dp/0674970977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215629&sr=8-1&keywords=a+peoples+history+of+computing+in+the+united+states> and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it.
Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family.
Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so.
Sincerely, Joy
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com <http://www.joyrankin.com/> @JoyMLRankin
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Congratulations, Joy!!! Am looking forward to reading! Barbara Barbara Walker Associate Professor Department of History/308 University of Nevada, Reno Reno NV 89557 Office phone: 775-784-4303 Website: https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com<mailto:drjoy@joyrankin.com>> wrote: Dear SIGCIS Colleagues, I wrote a book! A People's History of Computing in the United States was published by Harvard University Press<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hup.harvard.edu%2Fcatalog.php%3Fisbn%3D9780674970977&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=7EcRYghU%2FEApeCR3KU004GM7OxTMNjlguJaKu0%2BCxhM%3D&reserved=0> last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPeoples-History-Computing-United-States%2Fdp%2F0674970977%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1542215629%26sr%3D8-1%26keywords%3Da%2Bpeoples%2Bhistory%2Bof%2Bcomputing%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=YrsTCP08BUFl0ttRPX%2FZk9sItmip5XTeAGgp04Hr4R4%3D&reserved=0> and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it. Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family. Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so. Sincerely, Joy Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joyrankin.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=DJTXf9pAa%2BtS1NxkA0ybY02OvEw00rtsb822Lqyohec%3D&reserved=0> @JoyMLRankin _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsigcis.org%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=1Zw4Aco7%2B0DceaPRfqlWllvsG1yij7eyO9xCL1EcgWE%3D&reserved=0>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=4%2Fx%2BCb8h%2BAArRD%2BpMpFSf5fdni%2FbdfKd9eVdXrwjwRU%3D&reserved=0> and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C84991b33e0f444b647c508d64aa4fe24%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=e%2FAmYuidtxcsxhko95iYmCxuM8sfMM09bhYdYqa%2FjGg%3D&reserved=0>
Congratulations, Joy! What a wonderful contribution to the field! Sincerely, Miriam Miriam E. Sweeney Assistant Professor , School of Library and Information Studies The University of Alabama<https://www.ua.edu> 527 Gorgas Box 870252 Tuscaloosa , AL office 205-348-1522<tel:205-348-1522> mesweeney1@ua.edu<mailto:mesweeney1@ua.edu> | https://slis.ua.edu/ On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com<mailto:drjoy@joyrankin.com>> wrote: Dear SIGCIS Colleagues, I wrote a book! A People's History of Computing in the United States was published by Harvard University Press<http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977> last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Computing-United-States/dp/0674970977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215629&sr=8-1&keywords=a+peoples+history+of+computing+in+the+united+states> and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it. Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family. Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so. Sincerely, Joy Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com<http://www.joyrankin.com/> @JoyMLRankin _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org/>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
So excited to read this--I already have my copy. Congratulations on the publication of this exciting and timely volume, Joy! Best, Mar ______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Associate Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net | @histoftech Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing www.programmedinequality.com On Nov 14, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Sweeney, Miriam <mesweeney1@ua.edu> wrote: Congratulations, Joy! What a wonderful contribution to the field! Sincerely, Miriam Miriam E. Sweeney Assistant Professor , School of Library and Information Studies The University of Alabama 527 Gorgas Box 870252 Tuscaloosa , AL office 205-348-1522 mesweeney1@ua.edu | https://slis.ua.edu/
On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com> wrote:
Dear SIGCIS Colleagues,
I wrote a book!
A People's History of Computing in the United States was published by Harvard University Press last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it.
Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family.
Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so.
Sincerely, Joy
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com @JoyMLRankin
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Congratulations, Joy! How very exciting. I'm enjoying my copy and looking forward to many more conversations! Ben On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu> wrote:
So excited to read this--I already have my copy. Congratulations on the publication of this exciting and timely volume, Joy!
Best,
Mar
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Associate Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> *Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing* www.programmedinequality.com
On Nov 14, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Sweeney, Miriam <mesweeney1@ua.edu> wrote:
Congratulations, Joy! What a wonderful contribution to the field!
Sincerely, Miriam
Miriam E. Sweeney
Assistant Professor , School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Alabama <https://www.ua.edu> 527 Gorgas Box 870252 Tuscaloosa , AL office 205-348-1522 mesweeney1@ua.edu | https://slis.ua.edu/
On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:18 AM, drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com> wrote:
Dear SIGCIS Colleagues,
I wrote a book!
*A People's History of Computing in the United States* was published by Harvard University Press <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977> last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Computing-United-States/dp/0674970977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215629&sr=8-1&keywords=a+peoples+history+of+computing+in+the+united+states> and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it.
Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family.
Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so.
Sincerely, Joy
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com @JoyMLRankin
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Joy! That’s great news and sounds like an interesting read. It would be interesting to compare your results to the European „people’s“ computing scene in the 1960s. Best Martin Research Assistant | Doktorand | digital enthusiast LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR ZEITHISTORISCHE FORSCHUNG | POTSDAM Mail: schmitt@zzf-potsdam.de <mailto:schmitt@zzf-pdm.de> Tel: +49 331 - 74510-119 http://www.zzf-pdm.de/site/991/Default.aspx BLOG - www.computerisierung.com Vice Chair of IFIP WG 9.7 „History of computing" Zuletzt erschienen: Martin Schmitt - Internet im Kalten Krieg. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-3681-9/internet-im-kalten-krieg/
Am 14.11.2018 um 18:18 schrieb drjoy <drjoy@joyrankin.com>:
Dear SIGCIS Colleagues,
I wrote a book!
A People's History of Computing in the United States was published by Harvard University Press <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977> last month. It's now available as a hardcover, e-book, and audiobook (also accessible via your Audible subscription) on Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Computing-United-States/dp/0674970977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215629&sr=8-1&keywords=a+peoples+history+of+computing+in+the+united+states> and elsewhere. (Today it's just $20.04 on Amazon.) I hope you'll read it, assign it, and share it.
Here's my one-sentence summary: During the 1960s and 1970s American students and educators collaboratively created personal computing and social networking on the academic computing networks they built and used; although developed with a vision of computing for the public good, those networks also retrenched the limited gender roles of the Cold War nuclear family.
Thank you for making the space for me to share, revise, and improve this work starting when I was a graduate student. I've greatly appreciated the support of the SIGCIS community, especially over the past year or so.
Sincerely, Joy
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin www.joyrankin.com <http://www.joyrankin.com/> @JoyMLRankin
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