
What Is to Be Done
Political Engagement and Saving the Planet
Barry Jones(Author)
Scribe Us (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-950354-32-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-950354-32-0 (9781950354320)
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Person
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'.