TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beniger,James R.
TI  - The control revolution: technological and economic origins of the information society 
SN  - 0674169867
AV  - HM258. B459 1986
U1  - 302.2 
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information society
KW  - Computers and civilization
N1  - 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
ER  -