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Dark age America : climate change, cultural collapse, and the hard future ahead / John Michael Greer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Greer, John Michael, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.
Climatic changes.
Natural resources--Social aspects--United States.
Natural resources.
United States--Civilization--21st century--Forecasting.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, [2016]
Summary:
"After decades of missed opportunities, the door to a sustainable future has closed, and the future we face now is one in which today's industrial civilization unravels in the face of uncontrolled climate change and resource depletion. The questions we need to ask now focus on what comes next. This book provides a hard but hopeful look at the answer."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Front Cover
Praise
Title Page
Rights Page
Contents
The Wake of Industrial Civilization
The Ecological Aftermath
The Demographic Consequences
The Political Unraveling
The Economic Collapse
The Suicide of Science
The Twilight of Technology
The Dissolution of Culture
The Road to a Renaissance
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading
Books to Build a New Society.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781550926286
1550926284
OCLC:
951848071

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