| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Humanities insights
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Deep history -- pt. 2. Harbingers of the end -- pt. 3. The debate about the enlightenment and modernity -- pt. 4. Coming to terms with a recent historical legacy -- pt. 5. Countdown to self-annihilation -- pt. 6. Surviving catastrophie : creating conditions for renewal. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays proposes that climate change means serious peril. Our argument, however, is not about the science per se. It is about us, our deep and more recent history, and how we arrived at this calamitous impasse. With contributions from academic activists and independent researchers, History at the End of the World challenges advocates of 'business as usual' to think again. But in its wide-ranging assessment of how we transcend the current crisis, it also proposes that the human past could be our most powerful resource in the struggle for survival. Our approaches begin from archaeology, literature, religion, psychology, sociology, philosophy of science, engineering and sustainable development, as well as 'straight' history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects. |
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Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Levene, Mark, 1953-
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Johnson, Rob.
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Roberts, Penny.
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| Added Title |
Rescue!History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: History at the end of the world? Penrith : HEB Humanities-Ebooks, ©2010 9781847601674 (OCoLC)651697994 |
| ISBN |
9781847601667 (electronic book) |
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1847601669 (electronic book) |
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1282526448 |
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9781282526440 |
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9781847601674 |
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1847601677 |
| Standard No. |
9786612526442 |
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