The Control Revolution

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]

The Control Revolution

Cover of the first edition (paperback)
Author	James R. Beniger
Original title	The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	508 pp
ISBN	9780674169869

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.