03027nam 2200757Ia 450 991079226800332120230306213816.01-4294-0628-30-19-988026-31-280-52864-80-19-534455-30-19-510286-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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVisions of the future the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow /Robert HeilbronerNew York New York Public Library Oxford University Press[1996, c1995]1 online resource (78 pages)Oxford American LecturesBased on a series of lectures.0-19-509074-8 0-19-985497-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Oxford American LecturesForecastingHistoryCivilization, Modern20th centuryPhilosophyForecastingHistory.Civilization, ModernPhilosophy.303.49/09/03303.490903Heilbroner Robert L119616MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792268003321Visions of the future3671176UNINA