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James W. Cortada
Categories:
Author of:
- An Annotated Bibliography on the History of Data Processing.,
- Archives of Data-Processing History,
- Beyond the Facts,
- A Bibliographic Guide to Spanish Diplomatic History, 1460-1977,
- A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computer Applications, 1950–1990,
- A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry,
- Historical Dictionary of Data Processing,
- Historical Dictionary of Data Processing,
- Historical Dictionary of Data Processing,
- Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939,
- Information Technology as Business History,
- Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry,
- Spain in the Nineteenth-Century World,
- Spain in the Twentieth-Century World,
- Two Nations over Time
Biography
James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota—Minneapolis. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and spent nearly 4 decades working at IBM in various sales, managerial, and research positions. His most recent books include Building Blocks of Society: History, Information Ecosystems, and Infrastructures (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), with William Aspray, Authenticity: Understanding Misinformation Through the Study of Heritage Tourism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research. Governments, and Businesses (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), and Today’s Facts: Understanding the Current Evolution of Information (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).