Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Astra HouseISBN-13:9781662602955ISBN-10:1662602952UPC:9781662602955Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Media Studies, Technology Studies, Social HistorySize:9.20 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCD59FMGJ8
Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View
"A charming, idiosyncratic meditation on the human urge to see further, and more, in this cultural history of the 'aerial view' . . . McPherson makes an elliptical and enchanting case for reinserting wherever possible the ground-level, human perspective . . . Redolent with insights into the ethical quandary of history-making, as well as the author's own sense of awe at the full sweep of the human...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Astra HouseISBN-13:9781662602955ISBN-10:1662602952UPC:9781662602955Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Media Studies, Technology Studies, Social HistorySize:9.20 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCD59FMGJ8
Edward McPherson is the author of Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat, The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats, and The History of the Future: American Essays. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize, among other awards. He teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.
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