ABSTRACT

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.

part One|78 pages

The Millennium and Thinking About Time

chapter One|12 pages

The Millennium in Perspective

chapter Two|5 pages

The Struggle for a Christian Calendar

chapter Three|15 pages

The Year 1000: Real and Imagined Precedents

chapter Five|10 pages

Apocalypse Now?

chapter Seven|5 pages

Transition: From Millennia to Centuries

part Two|113 pages

Turning the Century

chapter Nine|22 pages

Where Is Our Fin de Siècle?

chapter Eleven|24 pages

Forecasting the 21st Century

chapter Twelve|4 pages

Conclusion

chapter |6 pages

Postscript: Getting Ever Closer

chapter |3 pages

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