The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 1597260657
- ISBN-13
- 9781597260657
- Series
- The Upside of Down
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Author
- Thomas Homer-Dixon
Description
"The Upside of Down takes readers on a mind-stretching tour of events that have shaken the world - from the fall of Rome to the 1998 Asian financial crisis to the blackouts of 2003. And it draws on diverse fields - archeology, poetry, politics, science, and economics - to show how we might survive tomorrow's inevitable shocks. Disaster and social upheaval are always terrifying. Homer-Dixon illustrates how they can also catalyze the renewal of our societies and our lives."--BOOK JACKET.
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- 429 pages
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