Bibliograph

Living in the long emergency, global crisis, the failure of the futurists, and the early adapters who are showing us the way forward, James Howard Kunstler

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Living in the long emergency, global crisis, the failure of the futurists, and the early adapters who are showing us the way forward, James Howard Kunstler

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Living in the long emergency

Oclc number

1119576696

Responsibility statement

James Howard Kunstler

Sub title

global crisis, the failure of the futurists, and the early adapters who are showing us the way forward

Summary

"James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, which sold approximately 36K copies, returns with a new book exploring the looming collapse of the techno-industrial economy, featuring profiles of individuals who have drastically altered their lives due to financial difficulties"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Where are we in the story?. Hey, what happened to peak oil?; The alt-energy freak show -- Portraits in heroic adaptation. The Garden of Eden... approximately; A nation of one in a place called Limbo; At Land's End on the Left Coast; Strange doings in the quiet corner; Making whiskey in the hills; Fighting for life in small business; The trials and heartaches of a Gen Xer -- Now what...?. Climate change; The food question and other nagging details; Extinctions near and far; Money, oil, and their by-products; Politics: Jacobins awokening; Cultural notes: fumbling towards Kafka's Castle

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