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Author:

Opie, John, 1934-

Title:

Virtual America : sleepwalking through paradise / John Opie.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xviii, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Civilization.
National characteristics, American.
Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Virtual reality--Social aspects--United States.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Human ecology--United States.
Human geography--United States.
United States--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.

Contents:

Welcome to VirtuaLand : old dreamworlds and the power of a new modernity -- Antique America : searching for authenticity -- Human Kodaks in the future perfect : virtual America embodied in world's fairs -- Sleepwalking in America : a brief history -- Finding authenticity : inhabiting place in America.

ISBN:

0803235712 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803235717 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)181143574

LCCN:

2008000752

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)