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Book Title
Control Revolution : Technological and Economic Orignis of the In
ISBN
9780674169869
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics, Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Publication Name
Control Revolution : Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
Item Length
9.2 in
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Subject
Communication Studies, Social Aspects / General, Economics / General, History, Information Technology
Publication Year
1989
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
James R. Beniger
Features
Reprint
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Number of Pages
512 Pages

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Beniger traces the origin of the Information Society to major economic and business crises of the 1800s. Inevitably the Industrial Revolution, with its ballooning use of energy to drive material processes, required a corresponding growth in the exploitation of information.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674169867
ISBN-13
9780674169869
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Author
James R. Beniger
Publication Name
Control Revolution : Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Subject
Communication Studies, Social Aspects / General, Economics / General, History, Information Technology
Publication Year
1989
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics, Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
512 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Edition Description
Reprint
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As systems involving people and machines increaase in size, complexity and speed of operation, they confront recurring problems of coherence and control...The contribution of The Control Revolution by James R. Benigeris to describe and analyze the range of methods modern societies use to keep things from falling apart...It argues that today's dependence on information technology has its origins in practical needs spawned by the Industrial Revolution...The book offers a skillful cross-disciplinary synthesis that draws on hundreds of scholarly studies in the history of technology, business history and social science...[A] challenging, highly readable work., A masterly treatment of some of the most imporant development in the making of modern society. Beniger's book will take its place alongside the four or five books of the past twenty years which have most influenced our understanding of current changes, not just in the United States but the industrial world as a whole., Rich and fascinating...The book is thoroughly enjoyable reading, partly because the author has pulled the strands together from so many different fields with such obvious thoroughness...I know of no other source that provides such a rich cultural history of our field., As systems involving people and machines increase in size, complexity and speed of operation, they confront recurring problems of coherence and control'e¦ The contribution of The Control Revolution by James R. Beniger is to describe and analyze the range of methods modern societies use to keep things from falling apart'e¦ It argues that today'e(tm)s dependence on information technology has its origins in practical needs spawned by the Industrial Revolution'e¦ The book offers a skillful cross-disciplinary synthesis that draws on hundreds of scholarly studies in the history of technology, business history and social science'e¦ [A] challenging, highly readable work., Rich and fascinating'e¦ The book is thoroughly enjoyable reading, partly because the author has pulled the strands together from so many different fields with such obvious thoroughness'e¦ I know of no other source that provides such a rich cultural history of our field., This book is designed to be the synthetic work on the 'Information Society' and its origins, and by all rights it will be. It is beautifully done and is built to last...Everything about the book is intelligent., This book is designed to be the synthetic work on the 'e~Information Society'e(tm) and its origins, and by all rights it will be. It is beautifully done and is built to last'e¦ Everything about the book is intelligent., A masterly treatment of some of the most imporant development in the making of modern society. Beniger 's book will take its place alongside the four or five books of the past twenty years which have most influenced our understanding of current changes, not just in the United States but the industrial world as a whole.
Table of Content
1. Introduction PART I: Living Systems, Technology, and the Evolution of Control 2. Programming and Control: The Essential Life Process 3. Evolution of Control: Culture and Society PART II: Industrialization, Processing Speed, and the Crisis of control 4. From tradition to rationally: Distributing Control 5. Toward Industrialization: Controlling Energy and Speed 6. Industrial Revolution and the Crisis of Control PART III: Toward an Information Society: From Control Crisis to Control Revolution 7. Revolution in Control of Mass Production and Distribution 8. Revolution in Control of Mass Consumption 9. Revolution in Generalized Control: Data Processing and Bureaucracy 10. Conclusions: Control as Engine of the Information Society References Index
Copyright Date
1986
Dewey Decimal
303.4/83
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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