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" The collapse of western civilization : "
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
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BL
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625727
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Oreskes, Naomi
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The collapse of western civilization : : a view from the future /\ Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
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x, 89 pages :: maps ;; 18 cm
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9780231169547 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 023116954X (cloth : alk. paper)
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9780231537957 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The coming of the penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue
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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
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Civilization, Western-- Forecasting
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Civilization, Western-- 21st century
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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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| Dewey Classification
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909/.09821
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CB158.O64 2014
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CB161.O64 2014
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Conway, Erik M.,1965-
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