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A brief history of the future : how visionary thinkers changed the world and tomorrow's trends are 'made' and marketed / Oona Strathern.
- Title
- A brief history of the future : how visionary thinkers changed the world and tomorrow's trends are 'made' and marketed / Oona Strathern.
- Author
- Strathern, Oona, 1963-
- Publication
- New York : Carroll & Graf ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | CB158 .S85 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 322 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "This unique book looks behind the scenes at how tomorrow's trends are being identified, "made" and marketed today."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : a brief introduction to what futurists and futurism are, and what they definitely are not -- 1. Sex, drugs and heads that roll ... -- 2. Fancy's seven-leagued boots -- 3. In next week to-morrow -- 4. Here live lions -- 5. Surprise-free futures -- 6. Fast forward -- 7. Jam tomorrow ... -- 8. The 800-lb gorilla -- 9. A week in the life of a futurist -- 10. The future of the future.
- ISBN
- 0786719044
- 9780786719044
- LCCN
- ^^2007297184
- OCLC
- 84900250
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library