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A foot in the river why our lives change--and the limits of evolution / Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
| Author/creator | Fernández-Armesto, Felipe |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015. |
| Description | 294 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Weird planet -- Challenging change -- The frustration of science -- The great reconvergence -- The Chimpanzees' Tea Party -- The limits of evolution -- The imaginative animal -- Facing acceleration -- Towards the planet of the apes. |
| Abstract | We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering speed. They vary, radically and rapidly, from time to time and place to place. And the way we live - our manners, morals, habits, experiences, relationships, technology, values - seems to be changing at an ever accelerating pace. The effects can be dislocating, baffling, sometimes terrifying. Why is this? In A Foot in the River, best-selling historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto sifts through the evidence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015931994 |
| ISBN | 9780198744429 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0198744420 (hbk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |