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The Invention of Good and Evil : A World History of Morality. by Sauer, Hanno.;
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Subjects: HISTORY / Civilization; HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / World;
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Making sense : conversations on consciousness, morality, and the future of humanity / by Harris, Sam,1967-author.;
"A dozen of the best conversations from the podcast Making Sense, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to acting ethically"--
Subjects: Social change.; Social history.; Social problems.;
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A Century of Tomorrows : How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present. by Adamson, Glenn.;
In 'A Century of Tomorrows', acclaimed cultural historian Glenn Adamson takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world. Arriving at a moment of collective anxiety and fragile hope, Adamson's extraordinary book shows how our projections for the future are, always and ultimately, debates about the present.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Social History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies;
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Socialism / by Fleming, Thomas,1945-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-139), Internet addresses and index.Discusses socialism as a political system, and details the history of socialist governments throughout the world.
Subjects: Socialism.; Socialism;
© c2008., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark,
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Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / by Diamond, Jared M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-560) and index.
Subjects: Social history; Social change; Environmental policy;
© 2006, c2005., Penguin Books,
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The square and the tower : networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook / by Ferguson, Niall,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-536) and index.A reevaluation of history's turning points as collisions between old power hierarchies and new social networks explains how networks have always existed and have been responsible for key innovations and revolutionary ideas.
Subjects: Social networks;
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Eyewitness to history : from ancient times to the modern era / by Hyslop, Stephen G.(Stephen Garrison),1950-; Somerville, Bob.; Thompson, John M.(John Milliken),1959-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451), Internet addresses, and index.LSC
Subjects: World history.; World history; Civilization; Civilization; Social history;
© c2011., National Geographic Society,
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Age of revolutions : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present / by Zakaria, Fareed,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index."Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk -- the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world? In this major work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates the eras and movements that have shaken norms while shaping the modern world. Three such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a fascinating series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world -- and created politics as we know it today. Next, the French Revolution, an explosive era that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us today. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Great Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Alongside these paradigm-shifting historical events, Zakaria probes four present-day revolutions: globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. For all their benefits, the globalization and technology revolutions have produced profound disruptions and pervasive anxiety and our identity. And increasingly, identity is the battlefield on which the twenty-first century's polarized politics are fought. All this is set against a geopolitical revolution as great as the one that catapulted the United States to world power in the late nineteenth century. Now we are entering a world in which the US is no longer the dominant power. As we find ourselves at the nexus of four seismic revolutions, we can easily imagine a dark future. But Zakaria proves that pessimism is premature. If we act wisely, the liberal international order can be revived and populism relegated to the ash heap of history." --
Subjects: Revolutions.; Revolutions; Social change.; World history.;
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Pursuing Play : Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870–1914. by Beausaert, Rebecca.;
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Subjects: HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Ontario (ON); HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / Women;
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The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient; Religion; Social evolution;
© c2006., A.A. Knopf Canada,
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