Equipping James Bond - Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm

Informationen zum Autor André Millard is a professor of history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of several books, including The Electric Guitar: A History of an American Icon , also published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: A. J. Millard, Andre Millard, André Millard, Andre (University of Alabama At Birmingha Millard, Andre (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Millard, AndrT Millard
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781421426648
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2664-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Technikgeschichte, Literaturwissenschaft, Radio, Geheimdienst, Filmgenres, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Spion, TV, Gattung, Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Spionage und Geheimdienste, True Crime, Fernsehen, TV, Atomwaffen, Agent, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Naturwissenschaften), Fernsehen - Privatfernsehen, Rundfunk - Privater Rundfunk, Radio / Rundfunk, Hörfunk, Geheimdienst / Spionage, Spionage - Spionageabwehr, Verbrechen / Kriminalfälle, Kriminalgeschichte - Kriminalgeschichten, Chemische und biologische Waffen, Technik / Geschichte, Museen, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Radiotechnik, Atombombe - Atomwaffe, True Crime / Espionage, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, B-Waffe - Biologische Waffe - Biowaffe, History of engineering and technology, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Espionage & secret services, History of engineering & technology, Nuclear weapons, Espionage and secret services, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film: styles & genres, Film: styles and genres, Chemical & biological weapons, Chemical and biological weapons