What Is to Be Done
political engagement and saving the planet
$32.00
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2020
Summary
A follow-up to the 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.
When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world—it was read by Deng Xiaoping and Bill Gates; was published in China, Japan, South Korea, and Sweden; and led to the author being the first Australian minister invited to address a G-7 summit me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925849912 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925849910 |
| Author: | Barry Jones |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 496g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Barry Jones
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’.
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