Yesterday's Tomorrows
Past Visions of the American Future
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This text explores the kinds of visions of the future current earlier this century in American society. It shows how these ideas of the future illustrate a confidence - sometimes a naivety - in science and technology. Related to this is the fact that the futures envisaged involve technological, rather than social and political, changes. A range of sources are used, such as popular-science magazines, science fiction, world fair exhibits, films, advertisements, and plans for things only dreamed of - for example, the "videophone".
Author Biography:
Joseph J. Corn is senior lecturer in the department of history at Stanford University. He is the author of The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950. Brian Horrigan is a curator with the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul. Originally published in 1984 to accompany an exhibition by the same name organized and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
Release date NZ
July 10th, 1996
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Audiences
- Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
- Professional & Vocational
- Undergraduate
Illustrations
166 Illustrations, color
Pages
176
Dimensions
251x194x11
ISBN-13
9780801853999
Product ID
3704433
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