Visions of the future : the distant past, yesterday, today, tomorrow / / Robert Heilbroner

• Autore: Heilbroner Robert L
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York Public Library, : Oxford University Press, [1996, c1995]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (78 pages)
• Disciplina: 303.49/09/03; 303.490903
• Soggetto topico: Forecasting - History; Civilization, Modern - 20th century - Philosophy
• Note generali: Based on a series of lectures.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Preview; 2. The Distant Past; 3. Yesterday; 4. Today; 5. Tomorrow; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of the future
• ISBN: 1-4294-0628-3; 0-19-988026-3; 1-280-52864-8; 0-19-534455-3; 0-19-510286-X; 0-19-802514-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808290403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford American Lectures