| Millennium III, Century Xxi: A Retrospective On The Future Revised Edition Contributor(s): Stearns, Peter N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813334578 ISBN-13: 9780813334578 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: As a new century and millennium approach, the world braces itself for a frenzied outpouring of popular excitement, tabloid predictions, and religious hysteria, all egged on by a strong dose of mass media attention. Historian Peter Stearns supplies an antidote with this witty and insightful look at past millennial fevers and turn-of-the-century neuroses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Social Science | Future Studies |
| Dewey: 303.490 |
| LCCN: 98030419 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.12" W x 9.2" (0.67 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Millennium |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is intended as a survivor's guide to turn-of-the-century and millennial furor. It offers data about events and relevant cultural traditions in the past and a framework within which to consider how we will interpret the waning age and how we can sensibly look ahead. |