Future : : A Recent History / / Lawrence R. Samuel.
The future is not a fixed idea but a highly variable one that reflects the values of those who are imagining it. By studying the ways that visionaries imagined the future—particularly that of America—in the past century, much can be learned about the cultural dynamics of the time. In this social his...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 he Shape of Things to Come, 1920–1939
- 2 Great Day Coming, 1940–1945
- 3 The Best Is Yet to Come, 1946–1964
- 4 Future Shock, 1965–1979
- 5 The Empire Strikes Back, 1980–1994
- 6 The Matrix, 1995–
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index