The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society / James R. Beniger.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986Manufacturer: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] Description: x, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0674169867
- 9780674169869
- Information society
- 302.2
- HM258. B459 1986
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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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