Title:
The collapse of western civilization : a view from the future
Author:
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Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Physical Description:
x, 89 pages : maps ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9780231169547
Abstract:
In 2393, a historian of the Second People's Republic of China reviews the "Penumbral Age" (1988-2093), when politicians, corporations, and scientists ignored the statistical significance of climate disaster. Carbon dioxide warming the planet, deadly summer heat and fires, and the collapse of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet lead to a second Black Death and "the Great Collapse" of the Western world.
Contents:
Introduction -- The coming of the penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue.
Language:
English
