Preparing for the twenty-first century /
Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
Preparing for the twenty-first century / Paul Kennedy. - 1st ed. - N.Y. : Random House, 1993. - xvi, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : old challenges and new challenges -- The demographic explosion -- The communications and financial revolution and the rise of the multinational corporation -- World agriculture and the biotechnology revolution -- Robotics, automation, and a new industrial revolution -- The dangers to our natural environment -- The future of the nation-state -- The Japanese "plan" for a post-2000 world -- India and China -- Winners and losers in the developing world -- The erstwhile USSR and its crumbled empire -- Europe and the future -- The American dilemma -- Preparing for the twenty-first century.
0394584430
Twenty-first century
Dự báo xã hội
Quá trình xã hội
Thế kỷ 21
Sociology.
CB161 / .K44 1993
303.49/09/05 / KEN 1993
Preparing for the twenty-first century / Paul Kennedy. - 1st ed. - N.Y. : Random House, 1993. - xvi, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : old challenges and new challenges -- The demographic explosion -- The communications and financial revolution and the rise of the multinational corporation -- World agriculture and the biotechnology revolution -- Robotics, automation, and a new industrial revolution -- The dangers to our natural environment -- The future of the nation-state -- The Japanese "plan" for a post-2000 world -- India and China -- Winners and losers in the developing world -- The erstwhile USSR and its crumbled empire -- Europe and the future -- The American dilemma -- Preparing for the twenty-first century.
0394584430
Twenty-first century
Dự báo xã hội
Quá trình xã hội
Thế kỷ 21
Sociology.
CB161 / .K44 1993
303.49/09/05 / KEN 1993
