Why do we find ourselves living in an Information Society? How did the collection, processing, and communication of information come to play an increasingly imp

Beniger traces the origin of the Information Society to major economic and business crises of the past century. In the U.S., applications of steam power in the

Beniger traces the origin of the Information Society to major economic and business crises of the 1800s. Inevitably the Industrial Revolution, with its ballooni

Shapiro shows how the Net allows individuals to take power from institutions, causing hierarchies to unravel in politics, commerce, and social life, and that th