{"product_id":"remembrance-of-things-present-nick-yablon-9780226574134","title":"Remembrance of Things Present: The Invention of the Time Capsule","description":"Time capsules offer unexpected insights into how people view their own time, place, and culture, as well as their duties to future generations. \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Present \u003c\/i\u003etraces the birth of this device to the Gilded Age, when growing urban volatility prompted doubts about how the period would be remembered--or if it would be remembered at all. Yablon details how diverse Americans - from presidents and mayors to advocates for the rights of women, blacks, and workers - constructed prospective memories of their present. They did so by contributing not just written testimony to time capsules but also sources that historians and archivists considered illegitimate, such as photographs, phonograph records, films, and everyday artifacts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By offering a direct line to posterity, time capsules stimulated various hopes for the future. \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Present \u003c\/i\u003edelves into these treasure chests to unearth those forgotten futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Yablon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022657413X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226574134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019","brand":"Nick Yablon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086418063615,"sku":"9780226574134","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_328791e6-3b00-461f-8f2f-d49841aafc85.jpg?v=1769094559","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remembrance-of-things-present-nick-yablon-9780226574134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}