Millennium Iii, Century Xxi

A Retrospective On The Future

AvPeter N Stearns

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:1998-09-11
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9780813334578

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Peter N. Stearns is provost and professor of history at George Mason University. He is the editor of the Journal of Social History and the author of many books, including World Civilizations: The Global Experience and World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- The Millennium and Thinking About Time -- The Millennium in Perspective -- The Struggle for a Christian Calendar -- The Year 1000: Real and Imagined Precedents -- Refining the Calendar: Visions and Centuries, 1200–1850 -- Apocalypse Now? -- Assessing and Forecasting Millennia: Beyond the Apocalypse -- Transition: From Millennia to Centuries -- Turning the Century -- Hailing the 20th Century: Fireworks and Fin de Siècle -- Where Is Our Fin de Siècle? -- The 20th Century: Guidelines for the Retrospective -- Forecasting the 21st Century -- Conclusion -- Postscript: Getting Ever Closer -- For Further Reading