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The control revolution: technological and economic origins of the information society
Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946-
Year: 1986.
Publisher:  Harvard University Press. 
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Frontmatter
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I Living Systems, Technology, and the Evolution of Control
Chapter 2 Programming and Control: The Essential life Process
Chapter 3 Evolution of Control: Culture and Society
Part II Industrialization, Processing Speed, and the Crisis of Control
Chapter 4 From Tradition to Rationality: Distributing Control
Chapter 5 Toward Industrialization: Controlling Energy and Speed
Chapter 6 Industrial Revolution and the Crisis of Control
Part III Toward an Information Society: From Control Crisis to Control Revolution
Chapter 7 Revolution in Control of Mass Production and Distribution
Chapter 8 Revolution in Control of Mass Consumption
Chapter 9 Revolution in Generalized Control: Data Processing and Bureaucracy
Chapter 10 Conclusions: Control as Engine of the Information Society
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Title: The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society James R. Beniger.
Author: Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946-
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Source Version: The control revolution : technological and economic origins of the information society James R. Beniger. 
Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946-
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01127
Subject Headings: • Computers and civilization
• Communication -- Social aspects -- United States
• Information storage and retrieval systems -- Technological innovations
Notes: • Includes index.
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