MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01818cam a2200313 i 4500
001 2015005440
003 DLC
005 20150709082038.0
008 150421s2015 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015005440
020 $a9781634823029 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aCB245$b.T374 2015
082 00 $a909/.09821$223
100 1 $aTargowski, Andrew,$d1937-$eauthor.
245 10 $aWestern Civilization in the 21st century /$cAndrew Targowski.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNova Science Publishers,$c[2015]
300 $axii, 271 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aFocus on civilizations and cultures
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword -- Part I. Civilizing and globalizing society -- The civilization index and Western civilization -- Spatio-temporal boundaries of western civilization -- The life cycle of Western civilization -- Legacy of western civilization -- Western civilization in transformation to global and virtual civilizations in the 21st century -- Part II. Globalizing and virtualizing culture -- Culture fragmentation of Western-global-virtual civilization -- From multiculturalism to hybrid culture in Western-global-virtual civilization -- Part III. Globalizing and virtualizing infrastructure -- The expanding infrastructure of Western-global-virtual civilization -- Western-global-virtual civilization and the clash of civilizations in the 21st century -- Afterword.
650 0 $aCivilization, Western$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern$y21st century.
650 0 $aGlobalization$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aVirtual reality$xSocial aspects.