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1 online resource (ii, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Governance series ; 16
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Governance series ; 16.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Origins of the economic age -- Evolution of the economic age -- Mechanics of the economic age -- Assessment of the economic age -- Signs of a cultural age -- Foundations for a cultural age -- Priorities for a cultural age -- Flourishing of a cultural age. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous productive power; however, it is not capable of coming to grips with the problems threatening human and non-human life on this planet. After tracing the evolution of the economic age from the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in 1776 to the present, he turns his attention to culture, examining it both as a concep. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Economics -- History.
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Economics. |
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History. |
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Culture -- Forecasting.
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Culture -- Forecasting. |
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Culture. |
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Human ecology -- Forecasting.
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Human ecology -- Forecasting. |
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Human ecology. |
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Sustainable development -- Forecasting.
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Sustainable development -- Forecasting. |
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Sustainable development. |
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Environmental protection -- Forecasting.
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Environmental protection. |
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Forecasting. |
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Culture.
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Internationalism.
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Internationalism. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schafer, D. Paul. Revolution or renaissance. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2008 (OCoLC)213400919 |
| ISBN |
9780776617732 (electronic book) |
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0776617737 (electronic book) |
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9780776606729 |
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0776606727 |
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