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Societies beyond oil : oil dregs and social futures /
In this groundbreaking book, John Urry shows how the twentieth century created a mirage of unlimited future growth that masked its limits. He considers the nature of an oil-dependent world facing energy descent and what lessons can be learned from past energy-constrained societies. With no large-sca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this groundbreaking book, John Urry shows how the twentieth century created a mirage of unlimited future growth that masked its limits. He considers the nature of an oil-dependent world facing energy descent and what lessons can be learned from past energy-constrained societies. With no large-scale plan B to energize and mobilize societies, Urry assesses the likelihood of some very different futures for this century. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780321707 1780321708 9781780321714 1780321716 |