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020			_a9780520966369 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aCB69 _b.F548 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKelly, Robert L., _e1
245	1	0	_aThe fifth beginning : _bwhat six million years of human history can tell us about our future / _cRobert L. Kelly.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aThe end of the world as we know it -- _tHow archaeologists think -- _tSticks and stones : the beginning of technology -- _tBeads and stories : the beginning of culture -- _tBread and beer : the beginning of agriculture -- _tKings and chains : the beginning of the state -- _tNothing lasts forever : the fifth beginning.
520	0		_a"In The Fifth Beginning, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that began about AD 1500. Some might call it 'globalization, ' but the author places it in its larger context: a 5,000-year arms race, capitalism's global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread appearance of world citizenship, and forms of cooperation that end nation-states' near-sacred status. It's the end of life, as we have known it. However, this book and the author are cautiously optimistic: it dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity's great potential"--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aCivilization.
650		0	_aCulture.
650		0	_aSocial history.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell