Title: 50 Facts that Should Change the World (346 p)
Author: Jessica Williams
Publisher:Icon Books,
Year Published: 2004
From the inequalities and absurdities of the so-called developed West to the vast scale of suffering wreaked by war, famine and Aids in developing countries, this book paints a picture of shocking contrasts. Hunger, poverty and all kinds of material and emotional deprivation are recurring themes, alongside human rights abuses we may have hoped had been left behind in the 20th century. Read about unimaginable wealth, the decline of religion and the unstoppable rise of consumerism, mental illness, the drugs trade, corruption, gun culture, the abuse of our environment and much more. Each fact is followed by explanation and lively analysis. some will make you rethink things you thought you knew. some illustrate long term, gradual changes in our society. Others concern local issues that people face in their everyday lives. Jessica Williams reminds us that our world is deeply interconnected - and that civilisation is a fragile concept.
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