Passage to a Human World - Softcover

Singer, Milton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887382592 ISBN 13: 9780887382598

Publisher: Routledge, 1988

Synopsis

"Singer convincingly demonstrates that econ-omic growth is the central reality of the modern era... His arguments are sometimes subtle, but he walks the reader through them with schematized subheadings, summaries, and relentless patience." --Peter Brimelow, The Wall Street Journal

Responding to the Club of Rome's Limit to Growth and its successors, Singer argues that the dominant characteristic of the modern era is almost completely unrecognized: the world's passage, in the few centuries surrounding our own, from poverty to wealth. This rapid transformation in the condition of human life--from poor to wealthy, from nature-dominated to human--dominated is described here, as are the reasons why it has been largely ignored.

About this title

About the Author

Milton Singer (1912-1994) was Paul Klapper Professor of Social Sciences and professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He was a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also chosen as a distinguished lecturer by the American Anthropological Association and was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Association for Asian Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887382592
• ISBN 13: 9780887382598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 390