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Why and how has this happened? Where will it take us? In this book, David Betz explores the expansion of fortified physical infrastructure at every level of the global political economy. In cities, where security is increasingly 'designed in' to public buildings and spaces as they are reshaped to mitigate mass terror attacks. Within corporations, who are burying their electronic assets in deep underground caverns and behind the leaded walls of ex-nuclear war bunkers against a range of threats and feared contingencies. In many urban areas, where the default condition of civil life is walled, gated, watched, and guarded. Year after year hundreds of miles of linear obstacles--walls, ditches, and watchtowers--are added to national borders. Practically everywhere you look there are signs of innovative fortification, often designed to be overlooked. The Guarded Age reveals the barriers which most have observed but few - until reading this book - have truly seen.
Why and how has this happened? Where will it take us? In this book, David Betz explores the expansion of fortified physical infrastructure at every level of the global political economy. In cities, where security is increasingly 'designed in' to public buildings and spaces as they are reshaped to mitigate mass terror attacks. Within corporations, who are burying their electronic assets in deep underground caverns and behind the leaded walls of ex-nuclear war bunkers against a range of threats and feared contingencies. In many urban areas, where the default condition of civil life is walled, gated, watched, and guarded. Year after year hundreds of miles of linear obstacles--walls, ditches, and watchtowers--are added to national borders. Practically everywhere you look there are signs of innovative fortification, often designed to be overlooked. The Guarded Age reveals the barriers which most have observed but few - until reading this book - have truly seen.
Preface
Introduction
1 The Rise of the Walls
2 Civilisation, War, and Guardedness
3 Contemporary Military Fortification
4 Storming the City
5 Securing the City
6 Hiding in Plain Sight
7 Luxury Forts to Data Bunkers
Conclusion
Further Reading
Notes
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781509544059 |
| ISBN-10: | 1509544054 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A509544050 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Betz, David J. |
| Hersteller: | Wiley John + Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David J. Betz |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.10.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,394 kg |
Preface
Introduction
1 The Rise of the Walls
2 Civilisation, War, and Guardedness
3 Contemporary Military Fortification
4 Storming the City
5 Securing the City
6 Hiding in Plain Sight
7 Luxury Forts to Data Bunkers
Conclusion
Further Reading
Notes
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781509544059 |
| ISBN-10: | 1509544054 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A509544050 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Betz, David J. |
| Hersteller: | Wiley John + Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David J. Betz |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.10.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,394 kg |
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