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The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society / James R. Beniger.
Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946- author.; Beniger, James R. (Beniger, James Ralph), 1946-; American Council Of Learned Societies.
1986
D 102 BEN.C
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Title
The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society / James R. Beniger.
Author
Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946- author.
Beniger, James R. (Beniger, James Ralph), 1946-
Description
x, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
0674169867
0674169859 alk. paper
9780674169852 alk. paper
9780674169869 paperback
Alternate Call Number
D 102 BEN.C
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-476) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
I. Living Systems, Technology, and the Evolution of Control II. Industrialization, Processing Speed and the Crisis of Control III. Toward an Information Society : From Control Crisis to Control Revolution

Living systems, technology, and the evolution of control. Programming and control: the essential life process ; Evolution of control: culture and society.
Industrialization, processing speed, and the crisis of control. From tradition to rationality: distributing ; Toward industrialization: controlling energy and speed ; Industrial revolution and the crisis of control.
Toward an information society: from control crisis to control revolution. Revolution in control of mass production and distribution ; Revolution in control of mass consumption ; Revolution in generalized control: data processing and bureaucracy ; Conclusions: Control as engine of the information society.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986.
Language
English
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