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The Resource The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource)
The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource)
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The item The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- The year is 2393, and a senior scholar of the Second People's Republic of China presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenment, the political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societies, entered into a Penumbral period in the early decades of the twenty-first century, a time when sound science and rational discourse about global change were prohibited and clear warnings of climate catastrophe were ignored. What ensues when soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, drought, and mass migrations disrupt the global governmental and
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Isbn
- 9780231537957
- Label
- The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future
- Title
- The Collapse of Western Civilization
- Title remainder
- A View from the Future
- Subject
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- Civilization, Western
- Civilization, Western -- 21st century
- Civilization, Western -- Forecasting
- Civilization, Western -- Forecasting
- Electronic books
- Forecasts
- HISTORY / World
- Progress -- Forecasting
- 2000 - 2099
- Science and civilization
- Science and civilization
- Twenty-first century
- Twenty-first century -- Forecasts
- Progress -- Forecasting
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The year is 2393, and a senior scholar of the Second People's Republic of China presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenment, the political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societies, entered into a Penumbral period in the early decades of the twenty-first century, a time when sound science and rational discourse about global change were prohibited and clear warnings of climate catastrophe were ignored. What ensues when soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, drought, and mass migrations disrupt the global governmental and
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- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oreskes, Naomi
- Dewey number
- 909/.09821
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- CB158
- LC item number
- .O64 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Conway, Erik M.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Western
- Civilization, Western
- Science and civilization
- Progress
- Twenty-first century
- HISTORY / World
- Civilization, Western
- Civilization, Western
- Progress
- Science and civilization
- Twenty-first century
- Label
- The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource)
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- Description based upon print version of record
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- online resource
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- o879946504
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231537957
- Media category
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- Media MARC source
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- c
- Specific material designation
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- Stock number
- 998B9258-6881-462F-B816-14F3730BF451
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o879946504
- (OCoLC)879946504
- Label
- The Collapse of Western Civilization : A View from the Future, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- o879946504
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231537957
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 998B9258-6881-462F-B816-14F3730BF451
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o879946504
- (OCoLC)879946504
Subject
- Civilization, Western
- Civilization, Western -- 21st century
- Civilization, Western -- Forecasting
- Civilization, Western -- Forecasting
- Electronic books
- Forecasts
- HISTORY / World
- Progress -- Forecasting
- 2000 - 2099
- Science and civilization
- Science and civilization
- Twenty-first century
- Twenty-first century -- Forecasts
- Progress -- Forecasting
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