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Title:

How we want to live : narratives on progress / edited by Susan Richards Shreve and Porter Shreve ; introducation by James Reston, Jr.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

vii, 168 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Progress.
Civilization, Modern.
Technology and civilization.
Quality of life.
Conduct of life.

Other Authors:

Shreve, Susan Richards.
Shreve, Porter.

Contents:

Progress: a faustian bargain / Ishmael Reed. Lost souls / Pearl Abraham -- Dead cat, floating boy / John Barth -- Counting forward, counting back / Alan Cheuse -- Less and more / Nicholas Delbanco -- Wreck of time / Annie Dillard -- Rocket of progress / Bruce Duffy -- Progress and the individual / Alan Lightman -- Problem with wildlife photography / Bill McKibben -- Lost while / Noelle Oxenhandler -- Progress: a faustian bargain / Ishmael Reed.
Tornado in the carpet / Susan Wood. Made by you / Porter Shreve -- Beyond bread and roses / Janna Malamud Smith -- Connections / Deborah Tannen -- Progress and desire / Rebecca Walker -- "Chinese man has my ticket" / Shawn Wong -- Tornado in the carpet / Susan Wood.

ISBN:

9780807045107 (cloth)
0807045101 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38738890

LCCN:

98014292

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 303.44

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella) — 303.44 Ho 8, w

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)