Millennium III, Century Xxi

A Retrospective On The Future
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-8133-3457-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stearns, Peter N

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Peter N Stearns