TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Ronald
TI  - A short history of progress
SN  - 0786715472
AV  - CB151 .W75 2005
U1  - 303.4409 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Carroll & Graf Publishers
KW  - Progress
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2004; Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index; I; Gauguin's questions --; II; The great experiment --; III; Fools' paradise --; IV; Pyramid schemes --; V; The rebellion of the tools
N2  - "A Short History of Progress is nothing less than a concise history of the world since Neanderthal times, elegantly written, brilliantly conceived, and stunningly clear in its warning to us now. Wright shows how human beings have a way of walking into "progress traps," beginning with the worldwide slaughter of big game in the Stone Age. The same pattern of overconsumption then took a new from, as many of the world's most creative civilizations - Mesopotamia, the Maya, the Roman Empire - fell victim to their own success."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -