Apocalypse : how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures

Wade, Lizzie, author.

Book 2025

"A new view on the human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, and a look at how the new tools of archaeology reveal these upheavals as moments that created the world we live in, and continue to offer surprising opportunities for radical change"-- Provided by publisher.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Archaeology and history

Catastrophical, The

Civilization, Modern

Future, The

Human beings Extinction

Human beings Forecasting

Human ecology

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ISBN:

9780063097308 (hardcover)
9780063097308
0063097303

Edition:

First edition

Description:

viii, 305 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction : the end
How we misunderstood the apocalypse of human extinction
How sea level rise spurred ingenuity
How apocalypse brought people together
How apocalypses turn inequality into violence
How society collapses, but civilization survives
How post-apocalyptic societies reinvent themselves
How the apocalypse of colonialism has hidden in plain sight
How slavery created the modern world
Why we've stayed trapped in the apocalypse-and how we can find our way out
Epilogue : the beginning

LCCN:

2024045714

Control Number:

3370274

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