John Markoff: 4 books
Machines of Loving Grace
The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society—on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health—Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines help us,...
What the Dormouse Said
How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal ComputerIndustry
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff’s landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’s a brilliant evocation of Stanford,...
Waves of Democracy
Social Movements and Political Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 1996
Waves of Democracy looks at two centuries of history of democratization as a series of multicontinental episodes in which social movements and elite power holders in many countries converged to reorganize political systems. Democracy is defined and redefined in these episodes. John Markoff examines...
Waves of Democracy
Social Movements and Political Change, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
The second edition of this classic text covers contemporary democracy movements including the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Occupy, and new nations as well as old issues from the Balkans to Africa, from Latin America to Ukraine. The author has traveled widely around the world to take the pulse of...