Apocalypse how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures
A new view on the human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, and a look at how the new tools of archaeology reveal these upheavals as moments that created the world we live in, and continue to offer surprising opportunities for radical cha...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Apocalypse : |b how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures / |c Lizzie Wade. |
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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The end -- How we misunderstood the apocalypse of human extinction -- How sea level rise spurred ingenuity -- How apocalypse brought people together -- How apocalypses turn inequality into violence -- How society collapses, but civilization survives -- How post-apocalyptic societies reinvent themselves -- How the apocalypse of colonialism has hidden in plain sight -- How slavery created the modern world -- Why we've stayed trapped in the apocalypse-and how we can find our way out -- The beginning. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Catastrophical, The. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Human ecology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human beings |x Extinction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human beings |x Forecasting. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Archaeology and history. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civilization, Modern. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Aberg, Jerry tribute | |
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