{"product_id":"electronic-value-exchange-origins-of-the-visa-electronic-payment-system-history-of-computing-1849961387","title":"Electronic Value Exchange: Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System (History of Computing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1849961387\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stearns, David L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElectronic Value Exchange 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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51906999255328,"sku":"NEW1849961387","price":109.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61ENH0f6z4L.jpg?v=1782233226","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/electronic-value-exchange-origins-of-the-visa-electronic-payment-system-history-of-computing-1849961387","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}