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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbrook, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forecasting.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

vii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto, 2007.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745326610

0745326617

0745326609

9780745326603

OCLC:

78989192