Imaginary futures : from thinking machines to the global village / Richard Barbrook.

Author
Barbrook, Richard [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Pluto, 2007.
Description
1 online resource (vii, 334 pages) : illustrations

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This book is a history of the future. It shows how our contemporary understanding of the Net is shaped by visions of the future that were put together in the 1950s and 1960s.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
1: The Future Is What It Used To Be; 2: The American Century; 3: Cold War Computing; 4: The Human Machine; 5: Cybernetic Supremacy; 6: The Global Village; 7: The Cold War Left; 8: The Chosen Few; 9: Free Workers In The Affluent Society; 10: The Prophets Of Post-Industrialism; 11: The American Road to Cybernetic Communism; 12: The Leader Of The Free World; 13: The Great Game; 14: The American Invasion Of Vietnam; 15: Those Who Forget The Future Are Condemned To Repeat It; References; Index.
ISBN
  • 9781783716463 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1783716460 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781783716470
  • 1783716479
OCLC
675775766
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