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The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society James R. Beniger
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
James R. Beniger
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.
508 pages, 10 tables, 21 line illustrations, 14 halftones, 1 map
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 15, 1989 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674169869 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 508 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 230 × 32 mm · 754 g |
| Language | English |