The Fifth Beginning : (Record no. 117549)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780520966369 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780520293120 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC4700088 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL4700088 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr11272729 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)960276363 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | CB69.K44 2016 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 909 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kelly, Robert L. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Fifth Beginning : |
| Remainder of title | What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Berkeley : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | University of California Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (163 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- The Fifth Beginning -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The End of the World as We Know It -- 2. How Archaeologists Think -- 3. Sticks and Stones: The Beginning of Technology -- 4. Beads and Stories: The Beginning of Culture -- 5. Bread and Beer: The Beginning of Agriculture -- 6. Kings and Chains: The Beginning of the State -- 7. Nothing Lasts Forever: The Fifth Beginning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow." This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive, no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that started about AD 1500. Some might call it "globalization," but the author places it in its larger context: a five-thousand-year arms race, capitalism's global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread shift toward world citizenship, and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the near-sacred status of nation-states. It's the end of life as we have known it. However, the author is cautiously optimistic: he dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity's great potential. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Kelly, Robert L. |
| Title | The Fifth Beginning |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Berkeley : University of California Press,c2016 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780520293120 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4700088">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4700088</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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