The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer

by Jon Agar

Book Overview

An examination of technology and politics in the evolution of the British "government machine."

In The Government Machine, Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that this transformation has been tied to the rise of "expert movements," groups whose authority has rested on their expertise. The deployment of machines was an attempt to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026253388X
• ISBN13: 9780262533881
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher