03176nam a2200421 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002900112020003100141020002600172020002800198020002700226040002100253035002100274050002300295082001500318100002400333245010800357260004700465300001600512490002500528504005100553505032900604520132900933533015202262650003002414650003902444650003302483650001902516650002102535655002902556710001702585830002602602856012602628ebr10523542CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||110405s2011    enk     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011012811  z9780857287793 (hardback)  z9780857287809 (papercover)  z0857287796 (hardback)  z085728780X (papercover)  z9780857289254 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)76773172514aCB478b.D85 2011eb04a909.822221 aDukes, Paul,d1934-10aMinutes to midnighth[electronic resource] :bhistory and the Anthropocene era from 1763 /cPaul Dukes.  aLondon ;aNew York :bAnthem Press,c2011.  axii, 153 p.1 aAnthem world history  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: Preface 1. Introduction: Times and Approaches 2. Enlightenment and Revolutions, 1763-1815 3. Nations and -Isms, 1815-1871 4. Natural Selection, 1871-1921 5. From Relativity to Totalitarianism, 1921-1945 6. Superpower, 1945-1968 7. Planet Earth, 1968-1991 8. Minutes to Midnight, 1991- Notes.  a"The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007 it was set at five minutes before the final bell, including for the first time the threat of climate change as well as new developments in the life sciences and nanotechnology. This book aims at an analysis of the evolution of our present predicament throughout the Anthropocene Era beginning in 1763, making special reference to the history of the period, the study of the subject and major advances in the natural sciences. Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson set out the basis for a scientific approach to the pre-industrial stages of historical development in the Enlightenment of the late eighteenth century, when the American and French Revolutions created a vocabulary of modernity. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the industrial revolution unfolded in several stages, nationalism, imperialism and totalitarianism were among the phenomena impeding the update of the Enlightenment programme as well as the fulfilment of the aspirations of 1776 and 1789. Our present predicament demands a rigorous examination of its origins and an assertion of a scientific pandisciplinary approach involving history and other academic specialisations"--cProvided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aScience and civilization. 0aNaturexEffect of human beings on. 0aGlobal environmental change. 0aHuman ecology. 0aHistory, Modern. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aAnthem world history.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10523542zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view