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Apocalypse : how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures / Lizzie Wade.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wade, Lizzie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catastrophical, The.
- Future, The.
- Human ecology.
- Human beings--Extinction.
- Human beings.
- Human beings--Forecasting.
- Archaeology and history.
- Civilization, Modern.
- historical archaeology.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 304 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A new view on the human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, and a look at how the new tools of archaeology reveal these upheavals as moments that created the world we live in, and continue to offer surprising opportunities for radical change"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the end
- How we misunderstood the apocalypse of human extinction
- How sea level rise spurred ingenuity
- How apocalypse brought people together
- How apocalypses turn inequality into violence
- How society collapses, but civilization survives
- How post-apocalyptic societies reinvent themselves
- How the apocalypse of colonialism has hidden in plain sight
- How slavery created the modern world
- Why we've stayed trapped in the apocalypse-and how we can find our way out
- Epilogue : the beginning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wade, Lizzie. Apocalypse
- ISBN:
- 9780063097308
- 0063097303
- OCLC:
- 1482610878
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