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Author:

Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-

Title:

Preparing for the twenty-first century / Paul Kennedy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

xvi, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Twenty-first century.
Mudanca social
Futurologie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-405) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780394584430
0394584430

LCCN:

91052668

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