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Preparing for the twenty-first century / Paul Kennedy.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: N.Y. : Random House, 1993.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0394584430
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.49/09/05 KEN 1993 20
LOC classification:
  • CB161 .K44 1993
Contents:
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.
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Sách, chuyên khảo, tuyển tập Phòng DVTT KHTN & XHNV Kho Nhân văn tham khảo 303.49/09/05 KEN 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available AV-D2/00568

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.

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