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Chargement... The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (édition 1986)par James R. Beniger (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Insightful book that traces the origins of the information society back to the a "control crisis" that unfolded in the 19th century (in the US). He shows in a lot of (repetitive, which makes the books rather hard to read) detail how information processing and communication technologies have evolved in response to control problems that resulted by ever increasing speeds of material processing, distribution and consumption. This theoretical concept squarely anchors information technology as a technology of control which is an important insight even in the current discussion about technology. Even though the book was written in the 1980s it still feels relevant, which is quite an achievement in itself. ( ) Explains how the 19th c. needs of continuous processing and the railroads led to a completely new way of running a business. Modern business could not scale without the information technology and process changes discussed by Beniger. This is an essential book for understanding the context for modern information technology. I found this book to be surprisingly interesting and informative. Cybernetics, communication, history of technology, the industrial revolution, industrialization, industrial process control, computer cycle-management - Beniger even brushes upon bureaucracy and social control - it's all here. I only wish I could recall who recommended this to me, so that I could thank them. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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. 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 inventory turnover. Inevitably the Industrial Revolution, with its ballooning use of energy to drive material processes, required a corresponding growth in the exploitation of information: the Control Revolution. Between the 1840s and the 1920s came most of the important information-processing and communication technologies still in use today: telegraphy, modern bureaucracy, rotary power printing, the postage stamp, paper money, typewriter, telephone, punch-card processing, motion pictures, radio, and television. Beniger shows that more recent developments in microprocessors, computers, and telecommunications are only a smooth continuation of this Control Revolution. Along the way he touches on many fascinating topics: why breakfast was invented, how trademarks came to be worth more than the companies that own them, why some employees wear uniforms, and whether time zones will always be necessary. The book is impressive not only for the breadth of its scholarship but also for the subtlety and force of its argument. It will be welcomed by sociologists, economists, historians of science and technology, and all curious in general. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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