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History of the future : the shape of the world to come is visible today /
The History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
c2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period of transition during which one country after another is following along parallel paths from traditional to modern. The process of becoming modern is so powerful that it will have similar effects on all countries. Therefore one can predict the future of countries still undergoing this change by look. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 178 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739164884 0739164880 1283132338 9781283132336 9786613132338 6613132330 |