Insurance in the pre-computer era : 1900-1940s -- Institutional context for information processing in early 20th century life insurance -- First impressions and first uses : insurance and tabulating, 1890-1911 -- The push towards printing : tabulating technology and insurance, 1910-1924 --...

This book consists of three parts. The first consists of studies that take an historical perspective on informational technology and organizational transformation. The second deals with the rhetoric of information technology and organizational transformation. The third concerns the practices...