01522cam a2200325 a 4500 127090 BJBSDDR 20231204141636.0 ta 041118s2004 onc b 001 0 eng 0887847064 (alk. paper) DLC spa eng CB 69 W947s 2004 909 Wright, Ronald, 1948- 31718 A short history of progress / by Ronald Wright. Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2004. 211 p. ; 21 cm. CBC Massey lectures series Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index. Each 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. Progress History. Progreso Historia 10499 Civilization History. Historia de la civilización 4762 Environmental degradation. lcc BK lmm 30124 30124 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 0 CB 69 W947s 2004 00000120296 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK