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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.
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.
Book Details
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Finding the Future
Chapter 2. The Community of Tomorrow
Chapter 3. The Home of Tomorrow
Chapter 4. The Transportation of Tomorrow
Chapter 5. The Weapons and Warfare of Tomorrow
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Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Finding the Future
Chapter 2. The Community of Tomorrow
Chapter 3. The Home of Tomorrow
Chapter 4. The Transportation of Tomorrow
Chapter 5. The Weapons and Warfare of Tomorrow
Epilogue
Catalogue List
Suggested Reading
Index