about the cover illustration
The figure on the cover of Contract Testing in Action, “Femme Dalmate” or “A Dalmatian woman” is taken from a nineteenth-century collection by Frane Carrara, the first director of the Museum of Antiquity in Split, Croatia.
In those days, it was easy to identify where people lived and what their trade or station in life was just by their dress. Manning celebrates the inventiveness and initiative of the computer business with book covers based on the rich diversity of regional culture centuries ago, brought back to life by pictures from collections such as this one.