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BL
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846882
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| Main Entry
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Abbott, Carl,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Imagining urban futures : : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them /\ Carl Abbott.
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| Publication Statement
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Middletown, Connecticut :: Wesleyan University Press,, [2016]
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0819576727
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: 9780819576729
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0819576719
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9780819576712
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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What science fiction can teach us about urban planning.
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| Subject
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Cities and towns in literature.
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Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Cities and towns in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Science fiction, American.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.0876209
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| LC Classification
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PS374.S35
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