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Tug of war : surveillance capitalism, military contracting, and the rise of the security state
- Title
- Tug of war : surveillance capitalism, military contracting, and the rise of the security state / Jocelyn Wills.
- Author
- Wills, Jocelyn, 1960-
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017].
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xv, 500 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Carleton library series ; 242
- Uniform Title
- Carleton library series ; 242.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-472) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Contents
- Introduction : satellites and surveillance capitalism -- "A permanent state of 'Cold War'" : preparing the environment, 1940-1968 -- "Our knowledge is in the holes" : software consulting and the sweat-equity formula, 1968-1977 -- "Innovation in a cold climate" : remote sensing and the government contracting paradigm, 1971-1980 -- "Two things went wrong at once" : financial crises, mythical man-months, and the near-death experience, 1975-1981 -- "Unscrambling the mess" : financial restructuring, management discipline, and the military contracting formula, 1981-1987 -- "The systems vision was too hard" : investor strategies, product development, and the demise of the manufacturing vision, 1982-1988 -- "One amorphous mass" : systems integration, strategic planning, and the search for liquidity, 1988-1993 -- "This company will be sold" : MDA's public offering, Orbital's acquisition, and the dot-com bust, 1993-2001 -- "Shades of grey" : 11 September 2001, the homeland security bubble, and Canada's sovereignty imbroglio, 2001-2008 -- "A lucky escape" : the great recession, property information divestment, and the acquisition of a critical mass in satellite manufacturing, 2009-2012 -- Conclusion: "Unseen, in the background" : a view from the security state.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-9433
- ISBN
- 9780773550476
- 077355047X
- OCLC
- 982389677
- Author
- Wills, Jocelyn, 1960- author.
- Title
- Tug of war : surveillance capitalism, military contracting, and the rise of the security state / Jocelyn Wills.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017].
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Carleton library series ; 242Carleton library series ; 242.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-472) and index.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Other Form:
- Wills, Jocelyn, 1960- Tug of war. Carleton library series Carleton library series ; (CaOONL)20179021842
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-9433