Millennium III, Century XXI - A Retrospective on the Future

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.

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 den Autor / die Autorin

Peter N Stearns

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter N Stearns, Peter N. Stearns
• Verlag: Perseus Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.08.1998
• EAN: 9780813334578
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3457-8
• Seiten: 208
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Prognosen, Zukunftsstudien, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social forecasting, future studies, General & world history, General and world history