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The Mechanic and the Luddite

Author : DR. JATHAN. SADOWSKI
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520398076
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Mechanic and the Luddite written by DR. JATHAN. SADOWSKI and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and equips readers with practical tools to dismantle them and build a better world, bit by bit. Our society is constantly made to serve the needs of two systems: technology and capitalism. Neither exists outside humans, but both are treated as above and beyond us. The Mechanic and the Luddite offers the critical tools needed to deconstruct these systems--how they work, whom they work for, and what work they do in our lives. With signature style and energy, Jathan Sadowski presents a provocative one-stop shop for understanding the political economy of technology and capitalism. Each chapter breaks down key features of technological capitalism, offering sharp, synthetic, and authoritative analysis of topics like innovation, labor, data, and risk. It's not enough to know how the machinery of capitalism is put together and how its parts operate; we must also know whom the machines serve and when they should be taken apart, to be rebuilt for new purposes or destroyed for good. The Mechanic and the Luddite provides the political guidance needed to make these crucial decisions.

Before the Luddites

Author : Adrian Randall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521893343
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Before the Luddites written by Adrian Randall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-03 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the early Industrial Revolution in the English woollen cloth making industry.

The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette written by Anonymous and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 1846 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette, Volume 31

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette, Volume 31 written by Anonymous and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 1838 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Against the Machine

Author : Nicols Fox
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 159726833X
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Against the Machine written by Nicols Fox and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the cars we drive to the instant messages we receive, from debate about genetically modified foods to astonishing strides in cloning, robotics, and nanotechnology, it would be hard to deny technology's powerful grip on our lives. To stop and ask whether this digitized, implanted reality is quite what we had in mind when we opted for progress, or to ask if we might not be creating more problems than we solve, is likely to peg us as hopelessly backward or suspiciously eccentric. Yet not only questioning, but challenging technology turns out to have a long and noble history. In this timely and incisive work, Nicols Fox examines contemporary resistance to technology and places it in a surprising historical context. She brilliantly illuminates the rich but oftentimes unrecognized literary and philosophical tradition that has existed for nearly two centuries, since the first Luddites—the ""machine breaking"" followers of the mythical Ned Ludd—lifted their sledgehammers in protest against the Industrial Revolution. Tracing that current of thought through some of the great minds of the 19th and 20th centuries—William Blake, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, William Morris, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Graves, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and many others—Fox demonstrates that modern protests against consumptive lifestyles and misgivings about the relentless march of mechanization are part of a fascinating hidden history. She shows as well that the Luddite tradition can yield important insights into how we might reshape both technology and modern life so that human, community, and environmental values take precedence over the demands of the machine. In Against the Machine, Nicols Fox writes with compelling immediacy—bringing a new dimension and depth to the debate over what technology means, both now and for our future.

Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal & Gazette

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal & Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Against Technology

Author : Steven E. Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135522391
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Against Technology written by Steven E. Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the question of what it might mean today to be a Luddite--that is, to take a stand against technology. Steven Jones here explains the history of the Luddites, British textile works who, from around 1811, proclaimed themselves followers of "Ned Ludd" and smashed machinery they saw as threatening their trade. Against Technology is not a history of the Luddites, but a history of an idea: how the activities of a group of British workers in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire came to stand for a global anti-technology philosophy, and how an anonymous collective movement came to be identified with an individualistic personal conviction. Angry textile workers in the early nineteenth century became romantic symbols of a desire for a simple life--certainly not the original goal of the actions for which they became famous. Against Technology is, in other words, a book about representations, about the image and the myth of the Luddites and how that myth was transformed over time into modern neo-Luddism.

Economists

Author : Robert M. Solow
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249977
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Economists written by Robert M. Solow and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and illuminating portrait of economists and their work Providing illuminating profiles of ninety of the world's most prominent economists--from Nobel Prize winners and former Federal Reserve chairs to young scholars charting the future of the field--this stunning volume pairs full-page portraits by acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook with short essays written by the sitters in response to questions posed by Nobel Laureate Robert M. Solow about their work. Together, the words and photographs offer a unique look into the world of economists and serve as an accessible entry point into the views shaping policy and research decisions by such luminaries as Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Mario Draghi, Steven Levitt, Robert Shiller, Esther Duflo, Paul Krugman, and Susan Athey, among many others.

A Choice of Inheritance

Author : David Bromwich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674127753
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book A Choice of Inheritance written by David Bromwich and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last two centuries, literature has tested the authority of the individual and the community. With a historical as well as an interpretative emphasis, Bromwich explores this tension. He shows why the public-mindedness of the eighteenth century is as limited a model for readers now as the individualism of the nineteenth century.

Ben O'Bill's, the Luddite

Author : D. F. E. Sykes
Publisher : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ben O'Bill's, the Luddite written by D. F. E. Sykes and published by Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Year's Top Short SF Novels 4

Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : AudioText
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year's Top Short SF Novels 4 written by Stephen Baxter and published by AudioText. This book was released on 2014-12-28 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of story-telling. In “Earth I,” by Stephen Baxter, asearch among the stars to ferret out the origins of mankind amidst the Xaian normalization digs up many surprises. In “Success,” by Michael Blumlein, a brilliant but erratic biologist studying epigenetics struggles to hang on to his grip on everyday life as he writes his ground-breaking tome. In “Feral Moon,” by Alexander Jablokov, the Alliance military is invading Phobos to retrieve dead bodies for later repatriation, but the stiff resistance is putting the operation in serious doubt. In “The Weight of the Sunrise,” by Vylar Kaftan, winner of both the Nebula Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, the Incan empire is offered a vaccine, to contain a smallpox out-break, by a Virginian raising funds for the American war against the British. In “One,” by Nancy Kress, a boxer down on his luck gains the ability to read minds and grapples round-after-round with the consequences. In the Great Shipstory “Precious Mental,” by Robert Reed, an immortal captain who has been living incognito for hundreds of years is kidnaped to help salvage an ancient derelict spaceship. Finally, in the Poirot-like mystery “Murder on the AldrinExpress,” by Martin L. Shoemaker, murder is suspected in the death of the leader of a Mars expedition when evidence of sabotage is uncovered.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466865296
Total Pages : 837 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world in the year's best short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author : John Belchem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349243906
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain written by John Belchem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1995-12-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In offering a wide-ranging overview of radicalism throughout the 'long' nineteenth century, from the mid eighteenth century to the aftermath of the First World War, this study contests the methods and findings of recent revisionist interpretations. Radical movements faced a more difficult task than other political formations since they sought not merely to construct an audience - to find a language which resonated with people's material needs and greivances - but to mobilise for change. Options were limited as radicals had to conform to rhetorical, organisational and cultural norms to ensure popular legitimacy and support. This volume pays particular attention therefore to contextual factors: to the changing codes and conventions of political culture and public space. Through critical engagement with revisionist and post-modernist interpretations, it throws new light on factors which often divided liberals from radicals, and indeed, radicals from themselves. This is an accessible and much-needed introduction to the new linguistic and cultural approaches to nineteenth-century popular politics.

The Lights in the Tunnel

Author : Martin R. Ford
Publisher : Acculant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448659817
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book The Lights in the Tunnel written by Martin R. Ford and published by Acculant Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A journey to the economic landscape of the coming decades"--Cover.

Too Smart

Author : Jathan Sadowski
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026253858X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Too Smart written by Jathan Sadowski and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity? Smart technology is everywhere: smart umbrellas that light up when rain is in the forecast; smart cars that relieve drivers of the drudgery of driving; smart toothbrushes that send your dental hygiene details to the cloud. Nothing is safe from smartification. In Too Smart, Jathan Sadowski looks at the proliferation of smart stuff in our lives and asks whether the tradeoff—exchanging our personal data for convenience and connectivity—is worth it. Who benefits from smart technology? Sadowski explains how data, once the purview of researchers and policy wonks, has become a form of capital. Smart technology, he argues, is driven by the dual imperatives of digital capitalism: extracting data from, and expanding control over, everything and everybody. He looks at three domains colonized by smart technologies' collection and control systems: the smart self, the smart home, and the smart city. The smart self involves more than self-tracking of steps walked and calories burned; it raises questions about what others do with our data and how they direct our behavior—whether or not we want them to. The smart home collects data about our habits that offer business a window into our domestic spaces. And the smart city, where these systems have space to grow, offers military-grade surveillance capabilities to local authorities. Technology gets smart from our data. We may enjoy the conveniences we get in return (the refrigerator says we're out of milk!), but, Sadowski argues, smart technology advances the interests of corporate technocratic power—and will continue to do so unless we demand oversight and ownership of our data.

Artisans Abroad

Author : Fabrice Bensimon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192572776
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Artisans Abroad written by Fabrice Bensimon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent. They played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways. These men and women thereby contributed significantly to the industrial take-off in continental Europe. Artisans Abroad examines the lives and trajectories of these workers who emigrated from manufacturing centres in Britain to France, Belgium, Germany, and other countries, considering their mobilities, their culture, their politics, and their relations with the local populations. Fabrice Bensimon reminds us that the British economy was not just oriented towards the Empire and the USA, but also towards the continent, long before the European Union and Brexit, and shows the critical role played by migrant workers in the Industrial Revolution. Artisans Abroad is the first social and cultural history of this forgotten migration.