Virtual America : sleepwalking through paradise / John Opie
- Author
- Opie, John, 1934-
- Published
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Welcome to VirtuaLand; 2. Antique America; 3. Human Kodaks in the Future Perfect; 4. Sleepwalking in America; 5. Finding Authenticity; Illustration Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
- Summary
- Virtual America traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Throughout history Americans have constructed mental pictures of unique places, such as the American West, that have taken on more authority than the actual gritty landscapes. This disconnect from reality is magnified by the new world of virtual realities on the computer screen, where personal immersion in interactive simulations becomes the?default? environment.
- Report Numbers
- U5002 T252 -2008
- Subject(s)
- National characteristics, American
- Technology—Social aspects—United States
- Virtual reality—Social aspects—United States
- Authenticity (Philosophy)
- Human ecology—United States
- Human geography—United States
- Écologie humaine—États-Unis
- Authenticité (Philosophie)
- Réalité virtuelle—Aspect social—États-Unis
- HISTORY—State & Local—General
- Civilization
- Ecology
- Human ecology
- Human geography
- Technology—Social aspects
- Virtual reality—Social aspects
- United States—Civilization
- United States—Environmental conditions
- États-Unis—Civilisation
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780803235779 (electronic bk.)
0803235771 (electronic bk.)
1281734071
9781281734075
9786611734077
6611734074
9780803235717 (print)
0803235712 (print)
9780803232785 (print ; pbk.)
0803232780 (print ; pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
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