The history of the future : American essays /

What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas? In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience and myth. Private streets, racism and the St. Louis World's Fair, fracking for oil and digging for dinosaurs in North D...

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Main Author:	McPherson, Edward, 1977- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, [2017]
Subjects:	McPherson, Edward, > 1977- > Anecdotes. United States > Description and travel > Anecdotes. United States > Social life and customs > 1971- > Anecdotes.

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Summary:	What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas? In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience and myth. Private streets, racism and the St. Louis World's Fair, fracking for oil and digging for dinosaurs in North Dakota boomtowns, Americana slides into apocalypse in these essays, revealing us to ourselves.
Physical Description:	268 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265).
ISBN:	9781566894678 1566894670