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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves.
by Ridley, Matt
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007378904
- ISBN 13
- 9780007378906
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 2010. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, few tiny dents front cover, pages faintly toned, covers little creased, minor edgewear, sticker mark front cover. 438 pp. Matt Ridley describes and then explains why human society is getting better. The book covers human history, from the Stone Age to the internet, from the stagnation of the Ming empire to the invention of the steam engine, and the recent population explosion to climate change.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28635
- Title
- The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves.
- Author
- Ridley, Matt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st p/b ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007378904
- ISBN 13
- 9780007378906
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- society, history
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOCIETY & SOCIOLOGY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...