
Imagining Tomorrow
History, Technology, and the American Future
Joseph J. Corn(Editor)
MIT Press
Published on 7. April 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-262-53076-7 (ISBN)
Description
Imagining Tomorrow takes a lively and informative look at the future as envisioned in the American past. Covering the period from the 1880s to the present, it examines the expectations that various groups of Americans held regarding the technology of tomorrow. The book contributes to our understanding of twentieth-century culture, technology and what may be called the history of the future.Six of the ten essays in the book probe the future imagined for particular inventions, such as the electric light, x-ray, radio, and computer. Two others explore the way architects and designers repackaged the traditional house and city into exciting and evocative images of the future. The remaining two essays focus respectively on the novels of 19th-century technological utopians and 1930s world's fairs, both popular forums for speculating about technology and the future.ContributorsPaul Ceruzzi, Steven L. Del Sesto, Susan J. Douglas, Brian Horrigan, Folke T. Kihlstedt, Nancy Knight, Carolyn Marvin, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Howard P. Segal, and Carol Willis
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-53076-7 (9780262530767)
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Contributions
Curator of Aerospace Electronics and ComputingNational Air & Space Museum/ Smithsonian Institution
Univ Of Texas
Annenberg Sch of Communication
University Of Maine