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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Book Cover for: Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: Tex: The Program, Donald Knuth

Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: Tex: The Program

Donald Knuth
Patrick McCrayPatrick McCray

It's 1943 and Donald Knuth - who will invent the typesetting program TeX in 1977 - is counting the serifs in his alphabet primer. https://t.co/0ffFdRvfqU

Hardcover, 1986

$69.99$44.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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