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Imagining urban futures : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them

Title
  1. Imagining urban futures : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them / Carl Abbott.
Published by
  1. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2016]
Author
  1. Abbott, Carl, 1944-

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Description
  1. 261 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Science fiction, American > History and criticism
  2. Cities and towns in literature
Contents
  1. Techno city; or, Dude, where's my aircar? -- Machines for breathing -- Migratory cities -- Utopia with walls: the carceral city -- Crabgrass chaos -- Soylent Green is people! varieties of urban crisis -- Keep out, you idiots! the deserted city -- Market and mosaic -- Afterword: Cities that will work.
Call number
  1. JFE 16-13228
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Abbott, Carl, 1944- author.
Title
  1. Imagining urban futures : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them / Carl Abbott.
Publisher
  1. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2016]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Abbott, Carl, 1944- author. Imagining urban futures Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2016] 9780819576729
LCCN
  1. 2016027493
ISBN
  1. 9780819576712 hardcover alkaline paper
  2. 0819576719 hardcover alkaline paper
Research call number
  1. JFE 16-13228
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