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

Lewis, M.J.; Lloyd-Jones, Roger

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ISBN 10: 0415103126 ISBN 13: 9780415103121

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1996

Riassunto

Using Computers in History is designed to introduce students to historical computing through practical workshop exercises. With topics such as the pattern of nineteenth century emigration from the UK, the performance of the American and German economies in the 1930s and the Lancashire cotton industry, Lloyd-Jones and Lewis explain and illustrate the possible uses of the computer for the historian.
Using Computers in History:
* raises awareness of the use of computers as an important tool for the historian
* provides a practical introduction to basic computer terminology
* includes high quality diagrams of the screen displays which should appear at each stage
* examines the use of spreadsheets and how to design and work with them
* discusses the different software packages available, concentrating on Microsoft Excel 4
* includes spreadsheet exercises based around a range of historical data sets
* explores the use of databases
* shows how to construct them
* gives guidelines for further study
* prompts students to apply the skills they have learnt to a number of examples

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Product Description

This volume is designed to introduce students to historical computing through practical workshop exercises. With topics such 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, the authors explain and illustrate the possible uses of the computer for the historian. The aim of the book is to increase awareness of the use of computers as an important tool for the historian, and to provide a practical introduction to basic computer terminology. Features of the text include: the use of spreadsheets and how to design and work with them; spreadsheet exercises based around a range of historical data sets; and the use of databases, including how to construct them.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415103126
• ISBN 13: 9780415103121
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264