Using Computers in History A Practical Guide to Data Presentation, Analysis and the Internet

Name: Using Computers in History A Practical Guide to Data Presentation, Analysis and the Internet
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ISBN: 9780415103121

ISBN-10: 0415103126

ISBN-13: 9780415103121

Edition: 1996

Authors: Roger Lloyd-Jones, M. J. Lewis

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History and Computingintroduces its readers to the history and practice of historical computing. While functioning as a practical introduction to the field, this book is designed also to raise awareness of the use of computers as an important tool for the historian, discussing such topics as the pattern of 19th century emigration from the UK; the performance of the American and German economies in the 1930s; and the Lancashire cotton industry, all of which demonstrate possibilities which computers offer to the historian. Through practical workshop exercises,History and Computingprovides a skills-enabling introduction to basic computer terminology. Examining the use of spreadsheets and how…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English




Introduction



How to Use this Book and Getting Started



Introduction to History and Computing



Spreadsheets and Graphs



Spreadsheets, Graphs and the Historian



Presenting Historical Data with a Spreadsheet



Presentation of Historical Information: Graphs



The Historian and Data: The Material Conditions of the Working-Class in Britain 1850-1914



Spreadsheets and Graphs: The Historian and Data



Databases



Databases and the Historian



Getting Started with a Database



Databases and Independent Study