The First Global Revolution: A Report

Alexander King

ISBN 10: 067171094X / ISBN 13: 9780671710941

Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1991

Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Softcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just normal shelfwear and edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; All three textblock sides are unblemished; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); 1.7 lbs; Black and red dust jacket with title in silver lettering; 1991, Simon & Schuster Ltd; 224 pages; "The First Global Revolution: A Report," by Alexander King. Seller Inventory # SKU-0664AJ03204195

Synopsis:

In the 1970s, the Club of Rome launched the book "The Limits to Growth". Essential reading for all those concerned about the future of the planet, the book was translated into 37 languages. Now, President Emeritus Alexander King and Secretary General Bertrand Schneider review global problems 20 years on, offering both a warning and an approach to a possible solution to world problems. Topics covered by this book include the need for the world to convert from a military to a civil economy, the recognition of the disastrous short-term effects of exploitation by First World countries of Third World poverty and need, and the containment of global warming: the need to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide, to encourage reforestation, to conserve traditional forms of energy and develop alternatives,

Bibliographic Details

Title: The First Global Revolution: A Report
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good