Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America / Thomas L. Friedman.
| Author/creator | Friedman, Thomas L. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. |
| Description | 438 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I. WHERE WE ARE. Where birds don't fly -- Today's date: 1 E.C.E. Today's weather: hot, flat, and crowded -- II. HOW WE GOT HERE. Our carbon copies (or, too many Americans) -- Fill 'er up with dictators -- Global weirding -- The age of Noah -- Energy poverty -- Green is the new red, white, and blue -- III. HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. 205 easy ways to save the earth -- The energy internet: when IT meets ET -- The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones -- If it isn't boring, it isn't green -- A million Noahs, a million arks -- Outgreening al-Qaeda (or, buy one, get four free) -- IV. CHINA. Can red China become green China? -- V. AMERICA. China for a day (but not for two) -- A democratic China, or a banana republic? |
| Abstract | Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy. |
| Local note | Little-355202--305131035541V |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2008930589 |
| ISBN | 9780374166854 |
| ISBN | 0374166854 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GE197 .F76 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |