| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-405) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : old challenges and new challenges -- The demographic explosion -- The communications and financial revolution and the rise of the multinational corporation -- World agriculture and the biotechnology revolution -- Robotics, automation, and a new industrial revolution -- The dangers to our natural environment -- The future of the nation-state --The Japanese "plan" for a post-2000 world -- India and China -- Winners and losers in the developing world -- The erstwhile USSR and its crumbled empire -- Europe and the future -- The American dilemma -- Preparing for the twenty-first century. |
| Subject |
Twenty-first century.
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| ISBN |
0394584430 : $25.00 |
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