As the author of five previous books on the history of craft as an art form (including 2022’s Craft: An American History and 2019’s The Invention of Craft), Adamson could easily have confined his investigation to the material aspects of futuristic aesthetics. Instead, this is a compassionate social history that delves into the profound ways in which seeking and shaping the future — a project that takes on special urgency for social groups who have faced oppression and injustice — is an essential part of what makes us human. ~ Michael Dudley