01672nam 2200457Ia 450 991097515030332120251117063040.00-292-79523-8(CKB)1000000000774656(MiAaPQ)EBC3443406(Au-PeEL)EBL3443406(CaPaEBR)ebr10309961(OCoLC)425966090(BIP)24377166(EXLCZ)99100000000077465620080926d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFuture a recent history /Lawrence R. Samuel1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press2009244 p0-292-71914-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The shape of things to come, 1920-1939 -- Great day coming, 1940-1945 -- The best is yet to come, 1946-1964 -- Future shock, 1965-1979 -- The empire strikes back, 1980-1994 -- The matrix, 1995-.In this social history, Lawrence R. Samuel examines the future visions of intellectuals, artists, scientists, businesspeople, and others to tell a chronological story about the history of the future in the past century.Twentieth centuryForecastingUnited StatesCivilization20th centuryForecastingTwentieth centuryForecasting.973.91Samuel Lawrence R872705MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975150303321Future4467075UNINA