Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Fear of and Optimism for Technology in Early 1900's

http://www.sfcanada.ca/fall99/prophecies.htm
Details the predictions Science Fiction writers such as Gernsback made and continue to make in the present. These writers shaped their predictions using currently known scientific fact. Some were so accurate, the writers were followed by the FBI.

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/cold_war/topics/274/
This CBC Television report examines the power of nuclear weapons and one couple's view on the prospect of capitulating to the 'godless Russians.'

http://www.genealogy.com/76_life1900.html
A brief look at the attitudes of people living in the early 1900's, emerging technology, economic conditions.

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