Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Talking points on global issues : a reader /

By: Robbins, Richard Howard, 1940-
Material type: BookPublisher: Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, 1999.Description: 176 p. : ill ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0205419259Subject(s): Economic history -- 1990- | Social problems | Capitalism | Consumption (Economics) | PovertyDDC classification: 330.122 RO GL Online resources: Location Map
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection
330.122 RO GL (Browse shelf) Available T0026301
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. I. The Consumer, the Laborer, the Capitalist, and the Nation-State in the Society of Perpetual Growth. 1. Capitalism and the Making of the Consumer. 2. The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism. 3. The Rise of the Merchant, Industrialist, and Capital Controller. 4. The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism -- Pt. II. The Global Impact of the Culture of Capitalism. 5. The Problem of Population Growth. 6. Hunger, Poverty, and Economic Development. 7. Environment and Consumption. 8. Disease. 9. Indigenous People, Ethnic Groups, and the Nation-State -- Pt. III. Resistance and Rebellion. 10. Peasant Protest, Rebellion, and Resistance. 11. Antisystemic Protest. 12. Religion and Antisystemic Protest -- Conclusion: Global Futures.

Powered by Koha