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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

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.

About Peter N Stearns

Peter N Stearns

Table of Contents

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 Siecle -- Where Is Our Fin de Siecle? -- The 20th Century: Guidelines for the Retrospective -- Forecasting the 21st Century -- Conclusion -- Postscript: Getting Ever Closer -- For Further Reading

Additional information

NLS9780813334578
9780813334578
0813334578
Millennium III, Century Xxi: A Retrospective On The Future by Peter N Stearns
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
1998-09-11
204
N/A
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