Examines America's Loss Of Focus And National Purpose Since 9/11, And The Global Environmental Crisis, And Shows How The Solutions To These Two Problems Are Linked. Pt. 1. Where We Are -- 1. Where Birds Don't Fly -- 2. Today's Date : 1 E.c.e. Today's Weather : Hot, Flat, And Crowded -- Pt. 2. How We Got Here -- 3. Our Carbon Copies (or, Too Many Americans) -- 4. Fill 'er Up With Dictators -- 5. Global Weirding -- 6. The Age Of Noah -- 7. Energy Poverty -- 8. Green Is The New Red, White, And Blue -- Pt. 3. How We Move Forward -- 9. 205 Easy Ways To Save The Earth -- 10. The Energy Internet : When It Meets Et -- 11. The Stone Age Didn't End Because We Ran Out Of Stones -- 12. If It Isn't Boring, It Isn't Green -- 13. A Million Noahs, A Million Arks -- 14. Outgreening Al-qaeda (or, Buy One, Get Four Free) -- Pt. 4. China -- 15. Can Red China Become Green China? -- Pt. 5. America -- 16. China For A Day (but Not For Two) -- Ch. 17. A Democratic China, Or A Banana Republic? -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Thomas L. Friedman. Includes Index.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Politics & Government
- Public Affairs & Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Public Affairs & Policy
- Politics & Government
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author : Friedman, Thomas
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2008-09-08
Number Of Pages : 448
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0374166854
ISBN-13 : 9780374166854
Item weight : 1.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 6.4 in x 9.1 in
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