Islands of Privacy

Informationen zum Autor Christena Nippert-Eng is associate professor of sociology and associate chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is the author of Home and Work: Negotiating Boundaries through Everyday Life! also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Everyone worries about privacy these days. Packed with stories that are funny and sad! familiar and strange! this book tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought! lost! and won. It explores how we manage our secrets! our phone calls and e-mail! the perimeters of our homes! and our interactions with neighbors. Zusammenfassung Everyone worries about privacy these days. Packed with stories that are funny and sad! familiar and strange! this book tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought! lost! and won. It explores how we manage our secrets! our phone calls and e-mail! the perimeters of our homes! and our interactions with neighbors.

Product details

• Authors: NIPPERT ENG CHRISTENA E, Christena E Nippert-eng, Christena E. Nippert-Eng, Nippert-Eng Christena E.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2010
• EAN: 9780226586533
• ISBN: 978-0-226-58653-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Social Theory, Social interaction, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social and ethical issues, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms