Domestic fortress : fear and the new home front / Rowland Atkinson, Sarah Blandy.
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.
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | 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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781526108173 1526108178 9781526108166 152610816X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | CIP data; item not viewed. |