The collapse of Western civilization : a view from the future / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oreskes, Naomi, author.

Conway, Erik M., 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western--Forecasting.

Civilization, Western.

Civilization, Western--21st century.

Science and civilization.

Progress--Forecasting.

Progress.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Twenty-first century.

Västerlandet.

Local Subjects:

Västerlandet.

Genre:

Forecasts.

Physical Description:

x, 89 pages : map ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

The coming of the penumbral age

The frenzy of fossil fuels

Market failure

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-89).

ISBN:

9780231169547

023116954X

OCLC:

863195588

Publisher Number:

9780231169547