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A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.

For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue, ” an icon. And yet over the years, IBM has gone through both failure and success, surviving flatlining revenue and forced reinvention. The company almost went out of business in the early 1991s, then came back strong with new business strategies and an emphasis on artificial intelligence. In this authoritative, monumental history, James Cortada tells the story of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.

Cortada, a historian who worked at IBM for many years, describes IBM's technology breakthroughs, including the development of the punch card (used for automatic tabulation in the 1890 census), the calculation and printing of the first Social Security checks in the 1930s, the introduction of the PC to a mass audience in the 1980s, and the company's shift in focus from hardware to software. He discusses IBM's business culture and its orientation toward employees and customers; its global expansion; regulatory and legal issues, including antitrust litigation; and the track records of its CEOs. The secret to IBM's unequalled longevity in the information technology market, Cortada shows, is its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and technologies.

A unique exploration of the history of the bicycle in cinema, from Hollywood blockbusters and slapstick comedies to documentaries, realist dramas, and experimental films.

Cycling and Cinema explores the history of the bicycle in cinema from the late nineteenth century through to the present day. In this new book from Goldsmiths Press, Bruce Bennett examines a wide variety of films from around the world, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters and slapstick comedies to documentaries, realist dramas, and experimental films, to consider the complex, shifting cultural significance of the bicycle.

The bicycle is an everyday technology, but in examining the ways in which bicycles are used in films, Bennett reveals the rich social and cultural importance of this apparently unremarkable machine. The cinematic bicycles discussed in this book have various functions. They are the source of absurd comedy in silent films, and the vehicles that allow their owners to work in sports films and social realist cinema. They are a means of independence and escape for children in melodramas and kids' films, and the tools that offer political agency and freedom to women, as depicted in films from around the world.

In recounting the cinematic history of the bicycle, Bennett reminds us that this machine is not just a practical means of transport or a child's toy, but the vehicle for a wide range of meanings concerning individual identity, social class, nationhood and belonging, family, gender, and sexuality and pleasure. As this book shows, two hundred years on from its invention, the bicycle is a revolutionary technology that retains the power to transform the world.

An oral history of the UK's soundsystem culture, featuring interviews with Dubmaster Dennis Bovell, Skream, Youth, Norman Jay MBE, Adrian Sherwood, Mala, and others.

In the years following the arrival of the Windrush generation, the UK's soundsystem culture would become the most important influence on contemporary pop music since rock and roll. Pumped through towering, home-built speakers, often directly onto the thronged streets of events like the Notting Hill Carnival, the pulsating bass lines of reggae, dub, rave, jungle, trip hop, dubstep, and grime have shaped the worlds of several generations of British youth culture but have often been overlooked by historians obsessed with swinging London, punk, and Britpop.

This oral history, consisting of new interviews conducted by respected dance music writer Joe Muggs, and accompanied by dramatic portraits by Brian David Stevens, presents the story of the bassline of Britain, in the words of those who lived and shaped it. Features interviews with Dubmaster Dennis Bovell, Norman Jay MPE, Youth, Adrian Sherwood, Skream, Rinse FM's Sarah Lockhart and many others.

El Diario de Barcelona, que inició su andadura en 1792 y se estuvo imprimiendo sin apenas interrupciones hasta el año 2109, es un fiel testimonio de lo que fue la vida social y cultural barcelonesa, así como del resto de España y los territorios de ultramar, en esas fechas. Las noticias recogidas en él componen la materia prima de este volumen, para el que se han seleccionado, entre más de 20.000 ejemplares, aquellos artículos referidos al ámbito musical y el mundo del libro entre los siglos XVIII y XIX. Las distintas noticias han sido ordenadas, numeradas y revisadas para ofrecer una herramienta útil y manejable al investigador, que hallará en sus páginas más de 4.000 artículos. Este material primario se ve enriquecido por tres textos ensayísticos que preparan la lectura del vaciado y glosan las noticias del Diario en torno a tres ejes temáticos de gran interés: la contribución del DdB a la investigación musicológica, el papel del ocio en la vida de la ciudad y su lugar en el propio periódico y, por último, el seguimiento en el Diario de la fabricación y la venta de instrumentos musicales.

Una novela que rescata un oficio en vías de extinción. Ramón Lobo, uno de los corresponsales de guerra más reconocidos internacionalmente, retrata en estas páginas los mayores conflictos mundiales que cerraron el siglo XX e inauguran el XXI. Una historia que nos adentra de forma magistral en la soledad inabarcable de un reportero de guerra.

Este libro aborda el momento histórico vivido durante el final de la Guerra Fría, poniendo el foco en el humor gráfico publicado en los tres principales diarios de la época, ABC, El País y La Vanguardia.

En España no existe en la actualidad ningún canal televisivo especializado en información económica. Business TV, la última televisión recorre la historia de los proyectos de este tipo que se han puesto en marcha y analiza, en especial, el caso de Business TV, el último canal económico, cuyo cierre puso punto y final a casi 15 años consecutivos de televisión financiera en español.