1. Sociology: Your Compass for a New World Robert J. Brym and John Lie Wadsworth Group/Thomson Learning © 2003

2. Chapter 17 Collection Action and Social Movements Supplementary Slides

3. The Growth of Computing, 1900-1998 10 8 10 - 6 10 3 Mechanical computing devices Electromechanical computers Vacuum tube computers Transistor computers Integrated circuit computers Sources: Bill Gates The Road Ahead (New York: Viking, 1995) p. 32; Ray Kurzweil The Age of Spiritual Machines (New York: Penguin, 1999) pp. 22-4. Calculations per second that can be purchased for $1,000

4. Passenger Cars Per 1,000 Population by Region, 1997 Source: United Nations “Resource Consumption,” World Resources 2000-2001. On the World Wide Web at http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-00-01/pdf/erc5n_2000.pdf (22 May 2001).

5. Annual Rides Per Capita on Public Transportation In Cities of 250,000+, Europe, Canada, United States, and Australia & New Zealand, 1999 “Public Transport Ridership by Urban Area Size: Europe, Canada, United States, Australia & New Zealand,” Urban Transport Factbook. On the World Wide Web at http://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-pcecusanz.htm (22 May 2001).

6. Non-renewable Energy Production As Percent of Energy Production From All Sources, by Region, 1997 Source: United Nations “Energy Production by Source,” World Resources 2000-2001. On the World Wide Web at http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-00-01/pdf/erc1n_2000.pdf (22 May 2001). Note; Regional data for Sub-Saharan Africa not available.

7. Green House Gas Emissions, U.S.A., 1990-98 (in Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalents) Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “U.S. Emissions Inventory – 2000.” On the World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions/us2000/introduction.pdf (22 May 2001). Millions of metric tons of carbon equivalents

8. Number of Technological Disasters, World, 1900-99 Source: The CFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. On the World Wide Web at http://www.cred.be/emdat/images/sumdata/teveyr1.htm (7 June 2001).

9. Number of Fatalities Due to Technological Disasters, World, 1900-99 Source: The CFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. On the World Wide Web at http://www.cred.be/emdat/images/sumdata/tkilyr1.htm (7 June 2001).

10. Number of Fatalities Due to Technological Disasters, by Region, 1900-99 Source: The CFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. On the World Wide Web at http://www.cred.be/emdat/intro.html (7 June 2001).