TY - ABST T1 - A Short History of the Future Y1 - 1989 A1 - W[alter] Warren Wagar (1932-2004) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A future history divided into three parts. In the first, current major trends are followed to one logical conclusion. In the second, a eutopian socialist, world state is developed. In the third, a small, decentralized utopia is envisioned. See also the author’s 1971 Building the City of Man Future and 1991 The Next Three Futures.

PB - University of Chicago Press CY - Chicago, IL SN - 0226869016 0226869024 0226869032 N1 -

2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992, with a “Foreword to the Second Edition” (ix-x) indicating that substantial parts of three chapters had been rewritten, an “Afterword” by Immanuel Wallerstein (295-96), a genealogy of two families (298), and a chronology (299-305). xvi + 324 pp. 3rd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999, with the “Afterword” by Immanuel Wallerstein (295-96), the genealogy of two families (298), and the chronology (299-305). xviii + 324 pp.

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