Remembering the Future: The New York World's Fair from 1939 to 1964
This book is the accompaniment to an exhibit at The Queens Museum celebrating the 50th and 25th anniversaries of the two New York world's fairs. It consists of seven solid, scholarly essays, each offering interesting comparisons of the two fairs' visions of the future; the science and technology at each; their architecture; their art displays; their images and icons; and last but not least, the role of Robert Moses in each of them. One essayist observes, "If 1939 was the promise, 1964 was the fulfillment--but a fulfillment already crumbling . . . by 1964 the future had already happened, the postwar boom was running out of gas." The 1964 fair was the end of an era that gave way to perpetual world's fairs, expensive theme parks. Recommended for public and academic libraries.- Jeffrey R. Herold, Bucyrus P.L., OhioCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.