03568nam 22006132 450 991046143950332120151002020706.01-283-37721-797866133772100-85728-925-X(CKB)2670000000122682(EBL)840470(OCoLC)767731725(SSID)ssj0000576027(PQKBManifestationID)12200961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576027(PQKBWorkID)10553581(PQKB)11194860(UkCbUP)CR9780857289254(MiAaPQ)EBC840470(EXLCZ)99267000000012268220111212d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMinutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 /Paul Dukes[electronic resource]London :Anthem Press,2011.1 online resource (xii, 153 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Anthem World HistoryTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-85728-779-6 Introduction: Times and Approaches -- Enlightenment and Revolutions, 1763-1815. James Watt and the first industrial revolution ; Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson: the stages of historical development ; The American and French revolutions ; Enlightenment and intellectual revolutions ; Napoleon ; Conclusion -- Nations and -Isms, 1815-1871. Nations and -isms ; Monarchism, nationalism, liberalism ; Socialism ; Darwinism and other -isms ; History and historians ; Conclusion -- Natural Selection, 1871-1921. The new imperialism ; The second scientific and industrial revolution ; New history and culture ; The first world war and Russian revolution ; The circumstances of peace ; Conclusion -- From Relativity to Totalitarianism, 1921-1945. 'Normalcy' and breakdown, 1921-1929 ; The revival of history ; From Depression to war, 1929-1939, and history ; The second world war, 1939-1945, and history ; The arrival of the atomic bomb ; Conclusion -- Superpower, 1945-1968. Superpower ; The Cold War and decolonisation ; Another new history? ;; The Cold War and history ; Decolonisation and history ; Conclusion -- Planet Earth, 1968-1991. Globalisation ; 1968 and after ; The Club of Rome, the Brandt Commission and Gaia -- History, historical sociology, postmodernism ; The world by 1991 -- Minutes to Midnight, 1991. The crisis ; What crisis? 'The end of history', 'The clash of civilizations' and after ; Summary: the Anthropocene Era ; Conclusion: toward pandisciplinarity.The book examines the evolution of the predicament symbolised by the setting of the Doomsday Clock at a few minutes to midnight in the context of the Anthropocene Era from 1763, making special reference to the study of history.Anthem World HistoryScience and civilizationNatureEffect of human beings onGlobal environmental changeHuman ecologyHistory, ModernScience and civilization.NatureEffect of human beings on.Global environmental change.Human ecology.History, Modern.909.82Dukes Paul1934-210489UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910461439503321Minutes to midnight2489379UNINA