03051nam 2200769Ia 450 991046548270332120211006011147.01-4294-0628-30-19-988026-31-280-52864-80-19-534455-30-19-510286-X0-19-802514-9(CKB)2560000000293962(EBL)829405(OCoLC)778339496(SSID)ssj0000267985(PQKBManifestationID)11204840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267985(PQKBWorkID)10212516(PQKB)10039452(SSID)ssj0000367328(PQKBManifestationID)12151474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367328(PQKBWorkID)10430047(PQKB)11376039(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024596(MiAaPQ)EBC829405(Au-PeEL)EBL829405(CaPaEBR)ebr10278086(CaONFJC)MIL52864(MiAaPQ)EBC273349(Au-PeEL)EBL273349(OCoLC)437173445(EXLCZ)99256000000029396219960216d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisions of the future[electronic resource] the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow /Robert HeilbronerNew York New York Public Library Oxford University Press[1996, c1995]1 online resource (78 p.)Oxford American LecturesBased on a series of lectures.0-19-509074-8 0-19-985497-1 Includes bibliographical references.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Preview; 2. The Distant Past; 3. Yesterday; 4. Today; 5. Tomorrow; Notes; Index""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 periOxford American LecturesForecastingHistoryCivilization, Modern20th centuryPhilosophyElectronic books.ForecastingHistory.Civilization, ModernPhilosophy.303.49/09/03303.490903Heilbroner Robert L119616MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465482703321Visions of the future2481200UNINA