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Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History tells us about the most important changes in the human past so that we may build the most fulfilling future. It presents a profound vision of the entire history of humanity.
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In this stirring call for change, Stavrianos surveys world history and assesses the impact of social and technological change on people's relation to their peers and their world. He argues that human beings are not innately predisposed to either acquisitiveness or aggression. Society has shaped us to our present attitudes, and thus to our current predicament. Stavrianos paints a gloomy picture of the present: the continued exploitation of women; accelerating ecological devastation; a widening gap between rich and poor in affluent societies and between rich and poor societies; the specter of nuclear obliteration. "The basic problem in contemporary society is the priority given to productivity . . . as against sustaining a healthy social environment." This book packs a punch. Recommended for most collections.
- David Keymer, SUNY Inst. of Technology, Utica
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- David Keymer, SUNY Inst. of Technology, Utica
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 1563240319
- ISBN 13 9781563240317
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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