Visions of the future : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / Robert Heilbroner.
Visions of the future : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / Robert Heilbroner.
Visions of the future : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / Robert Heilbroner.
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New York : New York Public Library : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N303.490903/1
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English
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ix, 133 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
New York : New York Public Library : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
Change comes with the second, much shorter period, from the 1700s to the mid 1950s. Heilbroner calls it Yesterday. Now three immense forces, unknown in the Distant Past, dominate the expectations of the West. One of these is science, with its promise of controlling nature. A second is the advent of a dynamic means of organizing production called ca...
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Visions of the future : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / Robert Heilbroner.
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Based on a series of lectures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128) and index.
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N303.490903/1
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74VMxlLqkOlM
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019510286X (pbk.)
9780195090741 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0195090748 (cloth : acid-free paper)
DDC
303.490903
303.4909
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991002870339702626
