This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and equips readers with practical tools to dismantle them and build a better world, bit by bit.
 
Our society is constantly made to serve the needs of two systems: technology and capitalism. Neither exists outside humans, but both are treated as above and beyond us. The Mechanic and the Luddite offers the critical tools needed to deconstruct these systems—how they work, whom they work for, and what work they do in our lives. With signature style and energy, Jathan Sadowski presents a provocative one-stop shop for understanding the political economy of technology and capitalism.

Each chapter breaks down key features of technological capitalism, offering sharp, synthetic, and authoritative analysis of topics like innovation, labor, data, and risk. It's not enough to know how the machinery of capitalism is put together and how its parts operate; we must also know whom the machines serve and when they should be taken apart, to be rebuilt for new purposes or destroyed for good. The Mechanic and the Luddite provides the political guidance needed to make these crucial decisions.

Jump into GIS with this popular hands-on textbook, written and updated for ArcGIS Pro 3.4.

GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 3.4 is the book everyone needs to learn the powerful desktop app ArcGIS Pro.

GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 3.4 is one of the top books on geographic information systems (GIS). Written by award-winning instructors at Carnegie Mellon University, GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro introduces readers, step by step, to basic ArcGIS Pro skills such as:

• designing maps
• using file geodatabases
• geoprocessing
• geocoding
• creating an online story map or dashboard
• working with raster and 3D maps
• doing spatial analysis

This resource offers numerous examples and experiences to help cement new concepts and skills. By providing hands-on exercises as well as homework assignments, it allows readers to walk through various concepts step by step and reinforce their skills by integrating them for problem-solving.

For educators looking to adopt this book for their curriculum, more in-depth instruction, video lectures, and written transcripts are available from the authors. Additional instructor resources including PowerPoint slides, grading sheets, and homework answers (available on VitalSource).

This book is easy to use and provides concise explanations; at the same time, it’s rigorously thorough in its explanations and practice of Esri’s desktop GIS technology. Complete with numerous exercises to practice and improve learning, and additional teaching resources for educators, GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 3.4 is the ideal book for both classrooms and self-learners looking to develop their understanding of and expertise in ArcGIS Pro.

Build your knowledge and use of ArcGIS Pro with GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 3.4.

Available for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur's Playbook

Covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback from "one of the more unusual ebook...experiments of the year" (ThinReads)

Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that significantly increases the likelihood of a successful social enterprise launch in the face of the high-uncertainty conditions typically encountered by social entrepreneurs.

MacMillan and Thompson used their own systematic framework to publish The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook. To test the market, they offered the first phase in their start-up method (step 1) as a free ebook. Readers were invited to join The Social Entrepreneur's Advisory Group, and nearly 300 aspiring and active social entrepreneurs shared feedback that helped shape the complete edition of the book, which covers all three steps in the start-up to scale-up process.

Based on this crowd-sourced feedback from readers of the free ebook and drawing on the authors' more than 26 years' combined experience developing and studying social enterprises in the field across Africa and in the United States, this new edition provides guidance for each phase:

Phase One: Pressure Test Your Start-Up Idea. Based on the free ebook, this expanded section now includes advice on setting revenue and social impact goals, how to navigate the sociopolitical landscape, and how to develop a strong concept statement. In addition, MacMillan and Thompson provide advice on how to identify and test a proposed revenue-generating solution and define and segment your target population.
Phase Two: Plan Your Social Enterprise. All new to this edition, this critical phase shows you how to frame and scope the venture, determine what it will take to actually deliver a sustainable enterprise, identify the key assumptions that have been made, and design checkpoints to test those assumptions before making major investments.
Phase Three: Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise. Available for the first time in this edition, you will learn how to effectively launch your enterprise, manage upside potential and downside risk, and strategically scale up.

Filled with accessible frameworks and tools, as well as inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs, The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook is a must-read for any aspiring or active social entrepreneur, as well as philanthropists, foundations, and nonprofits interested in doing more good with fewer resources.

Includes access to downloadable planning documents, including user-friendly spreadsheets

This classic ArcGIS® exercise book has been revised and streamlined to help you learn the latest ArcGIS Pro tools and workflows.

GIS Tutorial for ArcGIS Pro 3.1 is the book of choice for classrooms and self-learners seeking to develop their expertise with Esri’s premier desktop geographic information system (GIS) technology—no prior experience is necessary.

This fifth edition, revised for ArcGIS Pro 3.1, features new datasets, exercises, and instructional text guiding you step by step through the latest tools and workflows. The book explains core skills through progressive learning, and its examples use current, real-world scenarios as you learn to make maps and find, create, and analyze spatial data while using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.

You will also:

• share your work in ArcGIS StoryMaps℠ and visualize your data in ArcGIS Dashboards
• create simple expressions in SQL and Python
• learn how to use street networks for routing
• learn how to analyze satellite imagery to provide intelligence
• learn to turn maps into animations

Both authors, Carnegie Mellon educators Kristen Kurland and Wil Gorr, integrate methods from their own teaching experiences into this book and their other books from Esri Press, including the GIS Tutorial 1–3 series, GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, and GIS Tutorial for Health. Downloadable video lectures and teaching slides that complement this book are also available.

Learn to use ArcGIS Pro confidently, quickly, and effectively with the newest edition in this best-selling series.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 introduces readers to ArcGIS Pro, the world’s most powerful desktop GIS. Geographic information system (GIS) software provides mapping and analytic capabilities that give people and organizations powerful location intelligence.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 walks readers through exploring ArcGIS Online, using 3D GIS, building a geodatabase, creating maps for web and physical presentations, and more. With more than 300 full-color images, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 clarifies complicated processes, such as developing a geoprocessing model, using Python to write a script tool, and creating space-time cubes for analysis in easy-to-follow workflows.

Throughout the book, short sidebars about real-world GIS scenarios in specific industries help readers understand how ArcGIS Pro can be used widely to solve problems. At the end of each chapter, a summary and glossary help reinforce the skills learned.

This edition has been completely updated for use with ArcGIS Pro 3.2.

The Getting to Know series has been teaching readers about GIS for more than 20 years. Ideal for students, self-learners, and professionals who want to learn the premier GIS desktop application, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 is a textbook and desk reference designed to show users how to use ArcGIS Pro successfully.