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Satisfaction Not Guaranteed : Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society.
In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, modern urban, industrial, affluent societies have made great strides towards fixing some of the problems that plagued other societies for centuries: food shortages are nearly eliminated, infant and maternal mortality has fallen dramatically, birth control...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, modern urban, industrial, affluent societies have made great strides towards fixing some of the problems that plagued other societies for centuries: food shortages are nearly eliminated, infant and maternal mortality has fallen dramatically, birth control is both readily available and effective, education levels are higher, and internal violence is significantly reduced. Modernity's blessings are many and bountiful - but has modernity really made us happy? Satisfaction Not Guaranteed is a book about the modern condition, and why the gains of living. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814788554 0814788556 9780814783634 0814783635 |