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Code Nation
Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America
Michael J. Halvorson
Pacific Lutheran University
ACM Books #32
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Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America
Michael J. Halvorson
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| 10.1145/3368274 Book | 10.1145/3368274.3368282 Chapter 7 |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368275 Acknowledgments | 10.1145/3368274.3368283 Chapter 8 |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368276 Chapter 1 | 10.1145/3368274.3368284 Chapter 9 |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368277 Chapter 2 | 10.1145/3368274.3368285 Chapter 10 |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368278 Chapter 3 | 10.1145/3368274.3368286 Chapter 11 |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368279 Chapter 4 | 10.1145/3368274.3368287 Afterword |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368280 Chapter 5 | 10.1145/3368274.3368288 Index |
| 10.1145/3368274.3368281 Chapter 6 |
A publication in the ACM Books series, #32
Editor in Chief: Sanjiva Prasad, IIT Delhi
Area Editor: Thomas Misa, University of Minnesota
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Contents
Chapter 1How Important is Programming?
1.7A New History of Personal Computing
Chapter 2Four Computing Mythologies
2.1The NATO Conference on Software Engineering
2.4The Counterculture Movement