about the cover illustration
The figure on the cover of React in Depth is “Femme Chingulaise” (“Chingulaise woman”), by Claude Louis Desrais (1787), taken from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, New York Public Library.
In those days, it was easy to identify where people lived and what their trade or station in life was by their dress alone. 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.