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Millennium III, Century XXI Peter N Stearns

Millennium III, Century XXI By Peter N Stearns

Millennium III, Century XXI by Peter N Stearns

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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.

Millennium III, Century XXI Summary

Millennium III, Century XXI: A Retrospective on the Future by Peter N Stearns

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. Fortunately, historian Peter Stearns has supplied the antidote with this witty and insightful look at earlier millennial fevers and tur

About Peter N Stearns

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.

Table of Contents

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

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GOR012762441
9780367316860
0367316862
Millennium III, Century XXI: A Retrospective on the Future by Peter N Stearns
Peter N Stearns
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20190828
208
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