Technological Impact on Society
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From  The Institutional Framework for National Security LawFrom: National Security Law |
Considers the institutional framework for national security law, which includes international dimensions with the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, as well as the Canadian … | Craig Forcese | 59 | 2007 | $5.90 Add |
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From  The State of Our GroundwaterFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores how many parts of the world are being impacted or will be impacted by rapidly diminishing and increasingly polluted groundwater sources. | Marq de Villiers | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  When Things Bite Back: Some Unintended Consequences of Modern TechnologyFrom: Techno-Fix |
When Things Bite Back explores, in depth, some of the many unintended environmental and social consequences of modern technologies, ranging from environmental pollution, global warming, species … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 38 | 2011 | $3.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction to Part II: How to Take Control of ScreensFrom: Childhood Unplugged |
In the introduction to Part 2 of this book, Martinko describes her approach to screens and breaks down the contents of the following chapters. | Katherine Johnson Martinko | 4 | 2023 | $0.40 Add |
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From  On Being Overinvested in Law as a Weapon Against TerrorismFrom: In The Balance |
Considers the role of law as a weapon against terror in the United States, arguing that it is overinvested. The role of domestic intelligence and the overuse of judicial warrants are discussed. | Richard A Posner | 26 | 2011 | $2.60 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsTools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything |
In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From Rivers and Lakes in TroubleFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. | Marq de Villiers | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
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From Technology, Exploitation and FairnessFrom: Techno-Fix |
Technology, Exploitation and Fairness advances the thesis that many technologies are regrettably used for control and exploitation of both humans and the environment, leading inevitably to … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 27 | 2011 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive TechnologiesPart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies McTeer examines Canada’s study and regulation of assisted reproductive technologies and practices beginning in 1988. The … | Maureen McTeer | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Institutional Framework in Times of EmergencyFrom: National Security Law |
Discusses the institutional framework for national security in times of emergency, focusing on the impact of a state of emergency on the rule of law, emergency powers and international law, … | Craig Forcese | 24 | 2007 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The PullFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in … | Mari K Swingle | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban NetworksThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. | John Lorinc | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Begin as You Mean to Go On (Babies & Toddlers)From: Childhood Unplugged |
In this chapter, Martinko explains her approach to screen time with toddlers and babies. Martinko discusses baby wrapping, daily routines, being present, outdoor time, home maintenance, toy … | Katherine Johnson Martinko | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! City LightsThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public … | John Lorinc | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From In Search of Solutions I: Counter-Technologies and Social FixesFrom: Techno-Fix |
In Search of Solutions I: Counter-Technologies and Social Fixes discusses the limitations of technologies that attempt to counter the negative effects of previous technologies and also shows why … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 24 | 2011 | $2.40 Add |
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From  King Car:The Automobile’s Golden Age From: Car Nation |
1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new … | Dimitry Anastakis | 19 | 2008 | $1.90 Add |
