| Description |
1 online resource (x, 89 pages) : map |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-89). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The coming of the Penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
In 2393, a historian of the Second People's Republic of China reviews the "Penumbral Age" (1988-2093), when politicians, corporations, and scientists ignored the statistical significance of climate disaster. Carbon dioxide warming the planet, deadly summer heat and fires, and the collapse of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet lead to a second Black Death and "the Great Collapse" of the Western world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- Forecasting.
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Civilization, Western -- Forecasting. |
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Civilization, Western. |
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Civilization, Western -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Science and civilization.
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Progress -- Forecasting.
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Science and civilization. |
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Progress -- Forecasting. |
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts. |
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Progress. |
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HISTORY -- World. |
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Twenty-first century. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Forecasts.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Conway, Erik M., 1965- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Oreskes, Naomi. Collapse of Western civilization. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] 9780231169547 (DLC) 2013048899 (OCoLC)863195588 |
| ISBN |
9780231537957 (electronic book) |
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0231537956 (electronic book) |
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9780231169547 (paperback) |
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023116954X (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/ores16954 |
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