Peter N Stearns

Millennium III, Century XXI

A Retrospective on the Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780813334578
• ISBN-10: 0813334578
• Artikelnr.: 22142337

Autorenporträt

Peter N Stearns

Inhaltsangabe

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