The Control Revolution

Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society

Autori

• James R. Beniger

Parametri

• 524 pagine
• 19 ore

• Economia e affari
• Filosofia
• Saggistica
• Scienze sociali
• Storia

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1986

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