Wright, Ronald,  1948- <br/><br/>
A short history of progress / 
by Ronald Wright. 
 - Toronto :  House of Anansi Press,  2004. 
 - 211 p. ;  21 cm. 
 - CBC Massey lectures series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index. 
<br/><br/> Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, 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, especially earth, air, and water -- the very elements of life. The most urgent questions of the twenty-first century are: where will this growth lead? can it be consolidated or sustained? and what kind of world is our present bequeathing to our future?. In his #1 bestseller A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright argues that our modern predicament is as old as civilization, a 10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0887847064 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Progress--History.<br/>Progreso--Historia <br/>Civilization--History.<br/>Historia de la civilización<br/>Environmental degradation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB 69  / W947s 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909