Ferranti D A (6 results)

Black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 295pp, index. Paperback. New. "This collection of essays on the music of migrant minorities in and from Japan examines the central role music plays in the ongoing adjustment, conciliation and transformation of newcomers and "hosts" alike. It is the first academic text to address music activities across a range of migrant groups in Japan-particularly those of Tokyo and its neighbouring areas. It is also the first to juxtapose such communities with those of Japanese emigrants as ethnic minorities elsewhere. It presents both archival and fieldwork-based case studies that highlight music in the dynamics of encounter and attempted identity making, under a unifying framework of migration. A radical change in policy with the 2019 introduction of a new "Specified Skilled Worker" visa category marked the beginning of Japan's "new immigration era" (imin gannen). The authors in this volume interrogate and shed light on the bureaucratically disseminated slogan of tabunka kyosei, rendered in English as "multicultural coexistence". The concept itself and the many problems of realizing this ideal are examined through ethnography-based accounts of current minorities, including South Indians, Brazilians, Nepalis, Filipinos, Iranians and Ainu domestic migrants, and in light of comparative historical accounts of California and Australia. This volume will be of interest to ethnomusicologists, students of the cultures of migrant communities, and those engaged with cultural change and diversity in Japan and East Asia." (Publisher's description).…

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xviij, 19-656pp., ables - figs - notes & references, acknowledgements, acronyms - abbreviations, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Marbled boards. Half leather. Raised bands. Marbled page edges. Gilt lettering on the backstrip. Foxing. Internally clean. Tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.…

Milano, Giuffrè, 1989, in-8, br.

Première édition en anglais de la biographie de Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, l'inventeur de l'alternateur.Envoi autographe des auteurs en page de garde.Nombreuses planches hors texte.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A pantheon of computing pioneers and firms each a thread in the tapestry of early data processing, tabulation, and computing history. Bit of timeline timeline that traces their contributions, with emphasis on patents, machines, and institutional lineage grouped by era and innovation type for clarity. Herman Hollerith Patented the punched card tabulator (1889); founded Tabulating Machine Co., precursor to IBM1 Brunsviga German firm producing mechanical calculators; licensed Odhner s pinwheel design. Monroe U.S. calculator company; known for rotary calculators and tabulators. Felt & Tarrant Makers of the Comptometer, a key mechanical calculator. 2. 1930s 1950s: Electromechanical & Early Electronic Computing Tommy Flowers Designed Colossus (1943), the first programmable electronic computer. Freddie Williams & Tom Kilburn Developed the Williams-Kilburn tube (1947), early digital memory. British Tabulating Machine Co. Built Colossus under Flowers; later merged into ICT. Ferranti Produced the Mark I (1951), first commercial computer in the UK. Henry Babbage Built a working portion of his father s Analytical Engine in the late 1800s. 3. 1950s 1970s: Commercialization & Corporate Expansion IBM Dominated punched card systems; introduced the IBM 701 (1952) and System/360 (1964). Burroughs Known for business computers and banking systems; later merged into Unisys. Honeywell Entered computing via acquisition; part of the BUNCH group (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC, Honeywell). Eckert & Mauchly UNIVAC I; founded EMCC, later acquired by Remington Rand. Bendix Produced the G-15 (1956), a personal scientific computer. Booth (Andrew D.) Developed magnetic drum memory and early British computers. Compagnie des Machines Bull French firm; licensed Hollerith tech, developed Gamma 3 and Gamma 60. EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) Built the EMI Electronic Business Machine; also involved in radar and computing. Kienzle German firm known for time-recording and data processing machines. Olivetti Italian firm; developed the Programma 101 (1965), a precursor to personal computing. Philips Dutch electronics giant; contributed to European computing and microelectronics. Sperry Merged with Rand to form Sperry Rand; produced UNIVAC systems. IBM s history of the punched card tabulator offers rich detail on Hollerith s legacy. collection includes headings: Area meters planimeters and other apparatus the direct measurement of both superficies digital data storage apparatus mechanical digital electric calculating such circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for statistics apparatus for compiling segregating or sorting and tabulating form perforated profiled magnetised and other representations of data on cards sheets and tapes analogue electric calculating and evaluating systems digital electric calculating circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for First editions unbound and disbound. Possibly high carriage cost (12,000 items).…