Cultures of Control
2005
Part 1 Conventional notions of culture and original modes of control: contexts of control, Miriam R. Levin nature out of control, Rosalind Williams measuring cloth by the elbow and a thumb -resistance to numbers in France of the 1780s, Daryl M. Hafter how the motor car conquered the road, Catherine Bertho Lavenir the meaning of cleaning - producing harmony and hygiene in the home, Boel Berner culture, technology and constructed memory in Disney's new town -techno-nostalgia in historical perspective, Robert Kargon and Arthur P. Molella. Part 2 Managing machines: how to make chance manageable -statistical thinking and cognitive devices in manufacturing control, Denis Bayart ideology counts - controlling the bodies of concentration camp prisoners, Michael Thad Allen beasts and systems - taming and stability in the history of control, David A. Mindell liquifying information - controlling the flood in the Cold War and beyond, Mark D. Bowles striving for optimal control as a science of government, Slava Gerovitch.