Author | James R. Beniger |
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Original title | The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 508 pp |
ISBN | 9780674169869 |
The Control Revolution is a book by James Beniger that explains the origins of the information society in part from the need to manage and control the production of an industrial society.[1] [2][3][4] The book received the Association of American Publishers Award for the Most Outstanding Book in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award. Beniger was a professor at the University of Southern California.[5]
Further reading
- John, Richard R. (1988). "Out of Control". Isis. 79 (4): 675–679. doi:10.1086/354853. JSTOR 234755. S2CID 61898465.
- Porter, Glenn (1987). "Socioeconomic Transformations: The Control Revolution". Science. 236 (4804): 970–972. Bibcode:1987Sci...236..970B. doi:10.1126/science.236.4804.970. PMID 17812753.
References
- ↑ "The Control Revolution Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society. James R. Beniger".
- ↑ "Book review". www.thenewhumanities.net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "Beniger -- the Control Revolution".
- ↑ "The Control Revolution".
- ↑ "The Control Revolution — James R. Beniger".
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