The History of the Future
- ISBN-10
- 1552781690
- ISBN-13
- 9781552781692
- Series
- The History of the Future
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company Pub Limited
- Author
- David A. Wilson
Description
A wry look at the way in which people in the past imagined their own future.
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- 2019-02-19
- 592 pages
- Ebook
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- 2002-11-01
- 216 pages
- Ebook
- Wipf and Stock Publishers
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