History and Future [electronic resource] : Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staley, David J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forecasting.

Historiography.

History--Methodology.

Local Subjects:

Forecasting.

Historiography.

History--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book reexamines this long held belief, and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might-aiming for predictions and certainties-but rather should view the future in the same way that an historian views the past.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. A History of the Future; Ch02. Evidence, Inference, and Statements; Ch03. Structures and Events; Ch04. Historical Imagination; Ch05. Representation; Historical Thinking; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-47938-5

9786612479380

0-7391-5595-4

OCLC:

700682056