Dreams of millennium : report from a culture on the brink /

Dreams of millennium : report from a culture on the brink /

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Author / Creator:	Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Imprint:	Boston : Faber and Faber, 1997.
Description:	xii, 372 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Two thousand, A.D. Millennium (Eschatology) Millennium (Eschatology) Two thousand, A.D.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2770367

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ISBN:	057119902X (cloth)
Notes:	"Originally published in Canada in 1996 by Viking"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-366) and index.

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Summary:	Journalist Mark Kingwell draws on pop culture (body-piercing, angel obsession, psychics fairs, The X-Files, Star Trek, Pulp Fiction, etc.), current events (the Ebola virus, Waco, the Unabomber), and historical parallels (decadence in 1890s Paris, the Crusades), to show how millennial anxiety threatens to extinguish our faith in ourselves.
Item Description:	"Originally published in Canada in 1996 by Viking"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	xii, 372 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-366) and index.
ISBN:	057119902X