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050 0 0 _aHM 831
_b.G67 2013
082 0 0 _a303.4
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100 1 _aGore, Al,
_d1948-
245 1 4 _aThe future :
_bsix drivers of global change /
_cAl Gore.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_c[2013]
300 _axxxi, 558 pages ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 379-387) and index.
520 _a"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink their basic assumptions about how the world works, and, even more fundamentally, how it should and can work. Borders matter less than ever. Technology is constantly reordering the way we live, think, work, learn, love, pray, and play"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aSocial change.
650 0 _aEconomic history
_y21st century.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations.
650 0 _aGlobal environmental change.
650 0 _aGlobalization.
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