{"product_id":"equipping-james-bond-andr-millard-9781421426648","title":"Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Bond's amazing gadgets reveal both enthusiasm about technology and fear of its potential ramifications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe popularity of the 007 franchise depends on a seductive formula of sex, violence, and snobbery. Much of its appeal, too, lies in its gadgets: slick, somewhat improbable technological devices that give everyone's favorite secret agent the edge over his adversaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEquipping James Bond\u003c\/i\u003e, André Millard chronicles a hundred-year history of espionage technology through the lens of Ian Fleming's infamous character and his ingenious spyware. Beginning with the creation of MI6, the British secret service, Millard traces the development of espionage technology from the advanced weaponry of the nineteenth century to the evolving threat of computer hacking and surveillance. Arguing that the gadgets in the books and films articulate the leading edge of technological awareness at the time, Millard describes how Bond goes from protecting 1950s England from criminal activity to saving a world threatened by nuclear bombs, poison gas, and attacks from space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a modern and modernizing hero, Bond has to keep up with the times. His film franchise is committed to equipping both Bond and his adversaries with the latest technological gadgets. Simultaneously, Millard stresses, the villains and threats that Bond faces embody contemporary fears about the downside of technological change. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Millard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421426641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421426648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"André Millard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069646729471,"sku":"9781421426648","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a572ffe8-49a4-472f-98df-7f1311676f47.jpg?v=1685425762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/equipping-james-bond-andr-millard-9781421426648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}