Morgan & Claypool Code Nation: Personal Computing and Learn to Program - ACM

Code Nation provides a deep look into how software development became a major social, cultural, and technical force in American history. This book tracks the movement from its beginnings in government and university labs during the 1950s through the corporate and counterculture shifts of the 1960s and 1970s. Readers will see how the rise of personal computing turned learning to program into a massive movement. The text explores how popular enthusiasm, new platforms, and commercial practices helped drive computer literacy. It even examines how these trends have been expanded by distributed computing and the internet. This title from the ACM Collection II is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of computing and the cultural shifts that shaped the digital age.