Barry Jones

Broschiertes Buch

What Is to Be Done

Political Engagement and Saving the Planet

Beschreibung

A follow-up to the author's prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society.

Autor

Barry Jones was a Labor member of the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments, led the campaign to abolish the death penalty, and became Australia's longest-serving minister for science from 1983 to 1990. His books include Sleepers, Wake!, A Thinking Reed, Dictionary of World Biography, The Shock of Recognition, and, most recently, What is to be Done: political engagement and saving the planet. He received a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest award, in 2014, and, at the age of 89, is a 'living national treasure'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781950354320
• ISBN-10: 1950354326
• Artikelnr.: 59942183