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Autore |
Heilbroner Robert L |
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Titolo |
Visions of the future [[electronic resource] ] : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / / Robert Heilbroner |
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New York, : New York Public Library, : Oxford University Press, [1996, c1995] |
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ISBN |
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1-4294-0628-3 |
0-19-988026-3 |
1-280-52864-8 |
0-19-534455-3 |
0-19-510286-X |
0-19-802514-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (78 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forecasting - History |
Civilization, Modern - 20th century - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on a series of lectures. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Preview; 2. The Distant Past; 3. Yesterday; 4. Today; 5. Tomorrow; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""This is an exceedingly long short book, stretching at least fifty thousand years into the past and who knows how many into the future."" So begins Visions of the Future, the prophetic new book by eminent economist Robert Heilbroner. Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history, despite the huge gulf in social organization, technological development, and cultural achievement that divides us from the earliest known traces of homo sapiens, there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future. During a peri |
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