{"product_id":"9781447126232","title":"History of Computing: Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHistory of Computing: Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eStearns, David L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectronic Value Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e examines in detail the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today.  Topics and features: provides a history of the VISA system from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s; presents a historical narrative based on research gathered from personal documents and interviews with key actors; investigates, for the first time, both the technological and social infrastructures necessary for the VISA system to operate; supplies a detailed case study, highlighting the mutual shaping of technology and social relations, and the influence that earlier information processing practices have on the way firms adopt computers and telecommunications; examines how “gateways” in transactional networks can reinforce or undermine established social boundaries, and reviews the establishment of trust in new payment devices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-02-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781447126232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-84996-139-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 240\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49939025854604,"sku":"9781447126232","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781447126232.jpg?v=1779049274","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781447126232","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}