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Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm by Millard
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- Book Title
- Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm
- Publication Date
- 2018-11-15
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781421426648
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Equipping James Bond : Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Information
The popularity of the 007 franchise depends on a seductive formula of sex, violence, and snobbery. Much of its appeal, too, lies in its gadgets: slick, somewhat improbable technological devices that give everyone's favorite secret agent the edge over his adversaries. In Equipping James Bond, Andre Millard chronicles a hundred-year history of espionage technology through the lens of Ian Fleming's infamous character and his ingenious spyware. Beginning with the creation of MI6, the British secret service, Millard traces the development of espionage technology from the advanced weaponry of the nineteenth century to the evolving threat of computer hacking and surveillance. Arguing that the gadgets in the books and films articulate the leading edge of technological awareness at the time, Millard describes how Bond goes from protecting 1950s England from criminal activity to saving a world threatened by nuclear bombs, poison gas, and attacks from space. As a modern and modernizing hero, Bond has to keep up with the times. His film franchise is committed to equipping both Bond and his adversaries with the latest technological gadgets. Simultaneously, Millard stresses, the villains and threats that Bond faces embody contemporary fears about the downside of technological change. Taking a wide-ranging look at factual (and fictional) technology, Millard views the James Bond universe as evidence for popular perceptions of technological development as both inevitably progressive and apocalyptically threatening.
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421426641
ISBN-13
9781421426648
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038761771
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Equipping James Bond : Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ub270.M545 2018
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
""Equipping James Bond sheds fascinating light on... the weapons and technology depicted throughout the 007 books and films.""
Table of Content
Introduction 1. The Technological Enthusiasts 2. The Secret Intelligence Service 3. The Great War and the Threat of Modernity 4. Imagining the Future: Technology on Film 5. Spy Films 6. Ian Fleming, Intelligence Officer 7. Equipment 8. Irregular Warriors 9. The Treasure Hunt 10. Nuclear Anxieties 11. Gadgets 12. Guns 13. The Special Relationship and the Cold War 14. The Technological Revolution 15. Into the Future 16. Keeping up with the Times Notes Index
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Mystery & Detective, Intelligence & Espionage, History
Lccn
2018-004446
Dewey Decimal
327.120284
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Literary Criticism, Political Science
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