ISBN:
9781526108173
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1526108178
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9781526108166
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152610816X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
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illustrations (black and white)
Parallel Title:
Print version
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Home
;
Dwellings
;
Security (Psychology)
;
Dwellings
;
Security (Psychology)
;
Home
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; City Planning & Urban Development
;
Dwellings
;
Home
;
Security (Psychology)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Using a rich range of sources from cutting-edge research to media accounts, Domestic Fortress considers the fantasies and realities of dangers to the contemporary home and its inhabitants and details the extreme measures now used in the pursuit of total safety
Abstract:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; History of key terms; 1 Introduction; 2 The myths and meanings of home security; 3 A shell for the body and mind; 4 Invasions of privacy; 5 Fear, crime and the home; 6 Technologies of the defended home; 7 Withdraw, defend or destroy; 8 The fortress archipelago; 9 Complexes of the domestic fortress; References; Index
Note:
Introduction 1. Domestic economy 2. A shell for the body and mind 3. Invasions of privacy 4. Fear, crime and the home 5. Technologies of the defended home 6. Withdraw, defend or destroy 7. The fortress archipelago 8. Complexes of the domestic fortress Index. - CIP data; item not viewed
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