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The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society / James R. Beniger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986Manufacturer: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] Description: x, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0674169867
  • 9780674169869
Other title:
  • Information society
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2
LOC classification:
  • HM258. B459 1986
Contents:
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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 302.2 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A181691B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-476) and index.

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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