The First Global Revolution : A Report by the Council of the Club of Rome

King, Alexander; Schneider, Bertrand

ISBN 10: 0679738258 / ISBN 13: 9780679738251

Published by Pantheon, 1991

About this Item

xxvii + 259pp. 8vo. Includes original infographic and formatting. Binding remains tight and square; has plastic film applied, which gives additional strength, and protection from the elements. Text is clean and unmarked. Light smudge on the fore-edge, but nothing is visible inside. Else fine. Scarce.

Seller Inventory # A000101

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Global Revolution : A Report by the Council of the Club of Rome
• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679738258
• ISBN 13: 9780679738251
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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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,