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An Illustrated Short History Of Progress (Paperback)

by Ronald Wright (Author)

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Paperback: 245 pages
Publisher: Anansi (Jul 7 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0887848060
ISBN-13: 978-0887848063
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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". . .meets all our needs and then some; it's smart, downright gorgeous. . . bravo." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Here is a deluxe, fully illustrated paperback edition of the number-one national bestseller, which won the CBA Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year and has sold more than 70,000 copies in Canada alone.

In these acclaimed CBC Massey Lectures, Ronald Wright argues that each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems. He demonstrates how our modern predicament is as old as civilization, a 10,000-year experiment we have participated in but seldom controlled. Only by understanding the patterns of human triumph and disaster can we recognize the experiment’s inherent dangers and, with luck and wisdom, shape its outcome.

Wright’s provocative text evokes striking images across time and space, starting with Paul Gauguin’s painting “D’Où Venons Nous? Que Sommes Nous? Où Allons Nous?” — Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? — three questions that perfectly summarize the focus of his lectures. In this new edition, illuminating illustrations and sidebars complement Wright’s arguments, and allow readers to witness further evidence supporting his cautionary tale.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Something worth talking about, Mar 9 2009

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This book is a truly fascinating look back at the astounding advances and trends in human development. Perhaps the best thing I can say about this book is that you will want to talk to people about it. It will spawn a thousand conversations with friends as well as arguments and isn't that what a good book is supposed to do, provoke? Sure the overall message is "hey we should protect the environment" but it is the detail given to our all too sudden stranglehold on this planet that is what makes this book so captivating. You'll read it in an afternoon or in 6 15 minute "lessons".

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