Time capsules
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: by William E. Jarvis.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Time capsules -- History.; Civilization -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the time capsule experience; title: Time capsule milestones in world chronology; title: How time capsules work; title: Notional and archaeological time capsules; title: The time capsule's ancient origins and modern transformations; title: The golden age of the grand time capsules, 1935-1982; title: Writing down the ages : ancient writings from yesterday, today, and tomorrow as time capsule experiences; title: Keeping time in a perpetual futurescape; title: Epilogue : our ideal time capsule.