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Technology and the Common Good

The Unity and Division of a Democratic Society

By: Allen Batteau

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Technology and the Common Good

The Unity and Division of a Democratic Society

By: Allen Batteau

Building on the work of Elinor Ostrom (Governing the Commons) the author examines how the different shared goods of a democratic society are shaped by technology and demonstrates how club goods, common pool resources, and public goods are supported, enhanced, and disrupted by technology. He further argues that as the common good is undermined by different interests, it should be possible to reclaim technology, if the members of the society conclude that they have something in common.

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Berghahn Books

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1800735278

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Technology and the Common Good

The Unity and Division of a Democratic Society

By: Allen Batteau

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The Unity and Division of a Democratic Society

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The Dragon in the Cockpit

How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems

By: Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau

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The Dragon in the Cockpit

How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems

By: Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau

The purpose of The Dragon in the Cockpit is to enhance the mutual understanding between Western aviation human-factors practitioners and the Chinese aviation community by describing some of the fundamental Chinese cultural characteristics pertinent to the field of flight safety. China’s demand for air transportation is widely expected to increase further, and the Chinese aviation community are now also designing their own commercial aircraft, the COMAC C-919. Consequently, the interactions in the air between the West and China are anticipated to become far more extensive and dynamic. However, due to the multi-faceted nature of Chinese culture, it is sometimes difficult for Westerners to understand Chinese thought and ways, sometimes to the detriment of aviation safety. This book provides crucial insights into Chinese culture and how it manifests itself during flight operations, as well as highlighting ways in which Western technology and Chinese culture clash within the cockpit. Science and technology studies (STS) have demonstrated that sophisticated technologies embed cultural assumptions, usually in subtle ways. These cultural assumptions 'bite back' when the technology is used in an unfamiliar cultural context. By creating the insider’s perspective on the cultural/technological assumptions of the world’s fastest growing industrial economy, this book seeks to minimize the accidents and damage resulting from technological/cultural misunderstandings and misperceptions.

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Routledge

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1317035283

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Technology and Culture

By: Allen W. Batteau

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Technology and Culture

By: Allen W. Batteau

Technology and Culture provides a comprehensive overview of anthropological and other theories examining the place of technology in culture, and the consequences of technology for cultural evolution. The book develops and contrasts anthropological discourse of technology and culture with humanistic and managerial views. It uses core anthropological concepts, including adaptation, evolution, totemic identity, and collective representations, to locate a broad variety of technologies, ancient and modern, in a context of shared understandings and misunderstandings. The author draws on his own experience as an auto mechanic, computer programmer, ethnographer, and aircraft pilot to demonstrate that technologies are cultural creations, encoding and accelerating the dreams and delusions of the societies that produce them.

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Waveland Press

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1478607971

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The Fear of the Lord

Essays on Theological Method

By: Michael Allen

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The Fear of the Lord

Essays on Theological Method

By: Michael Allen

This volume examines what it means to proceed in the path of wisdom by beginning with fear of God, that is, mindfulness always and everywhere of God's being and presence. Michael Allen describes the praxis of fearing the Lord, how that posture of contemplative pursuit marks the theological task and defines our theological method; in so doing it takes up the significant topics of divine revelation, theological exegesis, intellectual asceticism, and retrieval/ressourcement from a distinctly doctrinal perspective. In each of these conversations, doing theology in the presence of God functions as a consistent thread. God is not mere object but truly functions as subject in the process of theological growth, though God's presence and agency fund rather than negate creaturely theological responsibility. The Fear of the Lord: Essays on Theological Method explores some of the most central questions of contemporary theological method – revelation, Scripture, theological interpretation, retrieval, intellectual asceticism, scholastic method – by asking in each and every case what it means to think fundamentally of the perfect and present God involved and active in these spheres.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567699307

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9780567699305

Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois

By: John W. Allen

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Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois

By: John W. Allen

In the 1950s and ‘60s, John W. Allen told the people of southern Illinois about themselves—about their region, its history, and its folkways—in his series of newspaper articles, “It Happened in Southern Illinois.” Each installment of the series depicted a single item of interest—a town, a building, an enterprise, a person, an event, a custom. Originally published in 1963, Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois brings together a selection of these articles preserving a valuable body of significant local history and cultural lore. During territorial times and early statehood, southern Illinois was the most populous and most influential part of the state. But the advent of the steamboat and the building of the National Road made the lands to the west and north more easily accessible, and the later settlers struck out for the more expansive and fertile prairies. The effect of this movement was to isolate that section of the state known as Egypt and halt its development, creating what Allen termed “an historical eddy.” Bypassed as it was by the main current of westward expansion and economic growth, its culture changed very slowly. Methods, practices, and the tools of the pioneer continued in use for a long time. The improved highways and better means of communication of the twentieth century brought a marked change upon the region, and daily life no longer differed materially from that of other areas. Against such a cultural and historical backdrop, Mr. Allen wrote these sketches of the people of southern Illinois—of their folkways and beliefs, their endeavors, successes, failures, and tragedies, and of the land to which they came. There are stories here of slaves and their masters, criminals, wandering peddlers, politicians, law courts and vigilantes, and of boat races on the rivers. Allen also looks at the region’s earlier history, describing American Indian ruins, monuments, and artifacts as well as the native population’s encounters with European settlers. Many of the vestiges of the region’s past culture have all but disappeared, surviving only in museums and in the written record. This new paperback edition of Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois brings that past culture to life again in Allen’s descriptive, engaging style.

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442

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SIU Press

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0809385651

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9780809385652

Western Rivermen, 1763–1861

Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse

By: Michael R. Allen

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Western Rivermen, 1763–1861

Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse

By: Michael R. Allen

Western Rivermen, the first documented sociocultural history of its subject, is a fascinating book. Michael Allen explores the rigorous lives of professional boatmen who plied non-steam vessels—flatboats, keelboats, and rafts—on the Ohio and lower Mississippi rivers from 1763-1861. Allen first considers the mythical “half horse, half alligator” boatmen who were an integral part of the folklore of the time. Americans of the Jacksonian and pre-Civil War period perceived the rivermen as hard-drinking, straight-shooting adventurers on the frontier. Their notions were reinforced by romanticized portrayals of the boatmen in songs, paintings, newspaper humor, and literature. Allen contends that these mythical depictions of the boatmen were a reflection of the yearnings of an industrializing people for what they thought to be a simpler time. Allen demonstrates, however, that the actual lives of the rivermen little resembled their portrayals in popular culture. Drawing on more than eighty firsthand accounts—ranging from a short letter to a four-volume memoir—he provides a rounded view of the boatmen that reveals the lonely, dangerous nature of their profession. He also discusses the social and economic aspects of their lives, such as their cargoes, the river towns they visited, and the impact on their lives of the steamboat and advancing civilization. Allen’s comprehensive, highly informative study sheds new light on a group of men who played an important role in the development of the trans-Appalachian West and the ways in which their lives were transformed into one of the enduring themes of American folk culture.

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LSU Press

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0807119075

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9780807119075

His Majesty's Indian Allies

British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada, 1774-1815

By: Robert S. Allen

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His Majesty's Indian Allies

British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada, 1774-1815

By: Robert S. Allen

A study of British-Indian policy in North America from the time of the American Revolution to the end of the War of 1812.

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Dundurn

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1550021753

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9781550021752

The American Biographical Dictionary

By: William Allen

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The American Biographical Dictionary

By: William Allen

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382330717

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9783382330712

Technology and Culture

By: Allen W. Batteau

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Technology and Culture

By: Allen W. Batteau

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Waveland Press

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The Dragon in the Cockpit

How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems

By: Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau

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How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems

By: Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau

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Routledge

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1317035291

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ALLENS CAPTIVITY BEING A NARRA

By: Ethan 1738-1789 Allen

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ALLENS CAPTIVITY BEING A NARRA

By: Ethan 1738-1789 Allen

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1360177248

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9781360177243

Narrative of Ethan Allen

By: Ethan Allen

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Narrative of Ethan Allen

By: Ethan Allen

The spirit of Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys. which fills the narrative, helped inject confidence that the Revolutionary War could be won.

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Applewood Books

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1557091277

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Book's by Allen Batteau

Technology and the Common Good

Technology and the Common Good

Technology and the Common Good

Technology and the Common Good

The Dragon in the Cockpit

The Dragon in the Cockpit

Technology and Culture

Technology and Culture

The Fear of the Lord

The Fear of the Lord

Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois

Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois

Western Rivermen, 1763–1861

Western Rivermen, 1763–1861

His Majesty's Indian Allies

His Majesty's Indian Allies

The American Biographical Dictionary

The American Biographical Dictionary

Technology and Culture

Technology and Culture

The Dragon in the Cockpit

The Dragon in the Cockpit

ALLENS CAPTIVITY BEING A NARRA

ALLENS CAPTIVITY BEING A NARRA

Narrative of Ethan Allen

Narrative of Ethan Allen

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