Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future

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Joseph J. Corn (Senior Lecturer, Stanford University) Brian Horrigan (Minnesota Historical Society)

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Past Visions of the American Future

Joseph J. Corn (Senior Lecturer, Stanford University), Brian Horrigan (Minnesota Historical Society)

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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
15 May 1996

Literature: history & criticism; History of ideas; Impact of science & technology on society; History of science; Sci-Fi Reference

"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""."

By: Joseph J. Corn (Senior Lecturer Stanford University), Brian Horrigan (Minnesota Historical Society)
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 251mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780801853999
ISBN 10: 0801853990
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 May 1996
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future

Many books might be commended as entertaining, instructive, or even fascinating. Yesterday's Tomorrows deserves each of these adjectives... The reader is taken through a gallery populated with forgotten industrial prototypes, architectural models, toy ray guns, flying cavalrymen on 'helihorses,' science fiction props from Hollywood and, or course, all sorts of projects and renderings concerning transportation. * Road and Track * Whether it involves gleaming mega-cities, scudding unflawed skies or the inane advertising smile of a man who just loves his personal flying machine, watching Americans look forward is to look back. It is to look at ourselves in our most brilliant and boneheaded moments. Which is great fun. Here, moreover, the fun is enhanced by a cheerful... text and-the real glory-a wonderful abundance of visual material drawn from a Smithsonian traveling exhibit. * Boston Globe *