Peter N Stearns

Millennium Iii, Century Xxi (eBook, ePUB)

A Retrospective On The Future

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429978562
• Artikelnr.: 56842343

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I 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
Part II Turning the Century
Hailing the 20th Century: Fireworks and Fin de Siecle
Where Is Our Fin de Siecle?
The 20th Century: Guidelines for the Retrospective
Forecasting the 21st Century
Conclusion