Kennedy, Paul M.,  1945- <br/><br/>
Preparing for the twenty-first century / 
Paul Kennedy. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - N.Y. :  Random House,  1993. 
 - xvi, 428 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0394584430 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Twenty-first century<br/>Dự báo xã hội<br/>Quá trình xã hội<br/>Thế kỷ 21<br/>Sociology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB161  / .K44 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.49/09/05  / KEN 1993