A history of the future : prophets of progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov / Peter J. Bowler, Qu...
A history of the future : prophets of progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov / Peter J. Bowler, Qu...
A history of the future : prophets of progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov / Peter J. Bowler, Queen's University Belfast.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/3373
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English
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Physical content
x, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : progress or threat? -- The prophets : their backgrounds and ambitions -- How we'll live -- Where we'll live -- Communicating and computing -- Getting around -- Taking to the air -- Journey into space -- War -- Energy and environment -- Human nature -- Epilogue : plus ça change?
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomemon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology on society and culture in the twentieth century. Utilizing science fiction, popular science literature and the novels of the literary elite, Bowler highlights contested responses to the po...
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A history of the future : prophets of progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov / Peter J. Bowler, Queen's University Belfast.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-263) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/3373
Record Identifier
74VKVApBM0yl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVApBM0yl
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ISBN
1316602621 (paperback)
9781107148734 (hardback)
1107148731 (hardback)
9781316602621 (paperback)
DDC
303.49
MMS ID
991024172191802626
