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The control revolution: technological and economic origins of the information society
James R. Beniger
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Chapter 1 Introduction (page 1)
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Part I Living Systems, Technology, and the Evolution of Control (page 29)
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Chapter 2 Programming and Control: The Essential life Process (page 31)
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Chapter 3 Evolution of Control: Culture and Society (page 61)
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Part II Industrialization, Processing Speed, and the Crisis of Control (page 119)
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Chapter 4 From Tradition to Rationality: Distributing Control (page 121)
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Chapter 5 Toward Industrialization: Controlling Energy and Speed (page 169)
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Chapter 6 Industrial Revolution and the Crisis of Control (page 219)
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Part III Toward an Information Society: From Control Crisis to Control Revolution (page 289)
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Chapter 7 Revolution in Control of Mass Production and Distribution (page 291)
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Chapter 8 Revolution in Control of Mass Consumption (page 344)
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Chapter 9 Revolution in Generalized Control: Data Processing and Bureaucracy (page 390)
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Chapter 10 Conclusions: Control as Engine of the Information Society (page 426)
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References (page 439)
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Index (page 477)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 94.2 (Sep. 1988): 462-463 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198804%2993%3A2%3C462%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
SC | 236.4804 (May 1987): 970-972 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819870522%293%3A236%3A4804%3C970%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 |
JEH | 47.1 (Mar. 1987): 281-282 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198703%2947%3A1%3C281%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 |
CS | 16.5 (Sep. 1987): 708-710 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198709%2916%3A5%3C708%3AIAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
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Published: 1986
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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