01430cam a2200289 a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015007000300032008004100035020002800076040001300104041000800117050002200125082000800147100002700155245005300182260004500235300002100280490003100301504006400332520060500396650002301001650002401024650002701048650003401075650003101109127090BJBSDDR20231204141636.0ta041118s2004    onc      b    001 0 eng    a0887847064 (alk. paper)  cDLCbspa  aeng14aCB 69bW947s 200400a9091 aWright, Ronald,d1948-12aA short history of progress /cby Ronald Wright.  aToronto :bHouse of Anansi Press,c2004.  a211 p. ;c21 cm.1 aCBC Massey lectures series  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index.  aEach 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. 0aProgressxHistory. 4aProgresoxHistoria  0aCivilizationxHistory. 4aHistoria de la civilización 0aEnvironmental degradation.