Civilization's Crisis: A Set Of Linked Challenges

Civilization's Crisis: A Set Of Linked Challenges
Author: John Scales Avery
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-04-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9813222476

Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.

A General History of the Burr Family

A General History of the Burr Family
Author: Charles Burr Todd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 690
Release: 1878
Genre: History
ISBN:

A General History of the Burr Family, With a Genealogical Record from 1193 To 1891 by Charles Burr Todd, first published in 1891, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.