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Patrick McCray Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Patrick McCray is a historian and writer. History prof @ UC-Santa Barbara Last book ➑ *Making Art Work* (https://t.co/uhOpTMncyA) Next book...soon 🀞 Orophile 🚡 🎣 πŸ”

23 books
Book Cover for: Stoner, John Williams

Stoner

John Williams
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

Such a brilliant and devastating book.

Paperback, 2006

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Future Shock, Alvin Toffler

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

Don't say "post-industrialism"...say "super-industrialism" 1969 comments from Random House to Alvin Toffler in advance of publishing Future Shock https://t.co/EGEwNr0P0a

Paperback, Mass Market, 1984

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, Chris Miller

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

...Miller’s Chip War is a story that centers on production, not consumption, while presenting an account of how chips became a strategically vital resource whose importance is overlooked at our peril.

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Land of Oz, L. Frank 1856-1919 Baum

The Land of Oz

L. Frank 1856-1919 Baum
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

I am especially pleased with this sentence: "This quirkiness continued inside with an array of artwork (over 500 images in toto), with some of it borrowed from illustrations done by John R. Neill the Land of Oz series, books Nelson was quite fond of as a child." https://t.co/7cnoyve76U

Hardcover, 2016

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Lab Book: Situated Practices in Media Studies, Darren Wershler

The Lab Book: Situated Practices in Media Studies

Darren Wershler
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

New addition: "The Lab Book" by @loriemerson, @alienated and @juspar, posing with Darth Tater and Drinky Bird in my office. https://t.co/o7zWqGjEg0

Paperback, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Future of the World: Futurology, Futurists, and the Struggle for the Post Cold War Imagination, Jenny Andersson

The Future of the World: Futurology, Futurists, and the Struggle for the Post Cold War Imagination

Jenny Andersson
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

@lmesseri @McCray Don't know who this "mccray" is but I'd suggest @jpietruska's "Looking Forward" and Jenny Andersson's "The Future of the World" as well as my own book (and the Dec. 2012 AHR) DM me if you want more as I have literally 100s of things re: this

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Book Cover for: Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, D. J. Waldie

Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir

D. J. Waldie
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

@ykomska DJ Waldie's "Holy Land" https://t.co/h85UMwdLjK

Paperback, 2005

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life, James Deetz

In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life

James Deetz
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

@WilliamDeringer @LundyBraun James Deetz's classic book "In Small Things Forgotten" and the whole subfield of material culture studies.

Paperback, 1996

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist, Niall Ferguson

Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist

Niall Ferguson
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

*Niall Ferguson reviewing a book by Henry Kissinger about artificial intelligence* https://t.co/gpqQCwXsre

Paperback, 2016

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: John Muir - The Mountains of California: "The mountains are calling and I must go.", John Muir

John Muir - The Mountains of California: "The mountains are calling and I must go."

John Muir
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

@MilesBlumhardt β€œthe mountains are calling and I must go” (John Muir)

Paperback, 2015

$12.24$6.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book