The Control Revolution

Author: James Beniger
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0674169867

The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society

Why do we find ourselves living in an Information Society? How did the collection, processing, and communication of information come to play an increasingly important role in advanced industrial countries relative to the roles of matter and energy? And why is this change recent--or is it? James Beniger traces the origin of the Information Society to major economic and business crises of the past century. Get The Control Revolution computer books for free.
In the United States, applications of steam power in the early 1800s brought a dramatic rise in the speed, volume, and complexity of industrial processes, making them difficult to control. Scores of problems arose: fatal train wrecks, misplacement of freight cars for months at a time, loss of shipments, inability to maintain high rates of Check The Control Revolution our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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