In the absence of the sacred : the failure of technology and the survival of the Indian nations

San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1992, 1991 , 1992. Very Good. 446 p. ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0871565099 (pbk.) :; 9780871565099 (pbk.) LCCN: 91-13869 ; LC: E98.S67; Dewey: 970.004/97 ; OCLC: 26750795 ; "...challenges the utopian promise of technological society and tracks its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. The Western world's loss of a sense of the sacred in the natural world, [the author] says, has led us toward global environmental disaster and social disorder, and worse lies ahead; yet models for restoring our relationship with the Earth exist in the cultures of native peoples, whose values have enabled them to survive centuries of invasion and exploitation. Far from creating Paradise on Earth, technology has instead produced an unsustainable contest for resources. Mander surveys the major technologies shaping the "new world order" - computers, telecommunications, space exploration, genetic engineering, robotics, and the corporation itself - and warns that they are merging into a global megatechnology, with dire environmental and political results." --Sierra Club ; "This discussion of the impact of technology on native peoples, in economic, physical, cultural and spiritual aspects, includes the 'Fourth World' and speculation on the future of society and the world economy." ; stiff paper wrappers ; store stamp on inside front cover ;