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Name: 1939
Author: David Gelernter

📘 1939 by David Gelernter

In *1939*, David Gelernter chronicles the New York World’s Fair of 1939‑1940, an event that drew visitors worldwide to a showcase of futuristic technology, superhighways, and suburban planning. The book presents a detailed, memory‑rich account of the fair’s exhibitions and the collective hope they evoked among Americans emerging from the Great Depression and on the eve of global conflict. Gelernter’s narrative reflects on how the fair’s vision shaped public expectations and contrasts it with the subsequent course of history, offering insight into the fair’s enduring legacy in American cultural memory.

First publish date: 1995

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: David Gelernter

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