Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made by Vaclav Smil

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Vaclav Smil

368 pages hardcover

3 editions

nonfiction business economics nature informative medium-paced
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What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Societies that have unde...

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