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Fins de Siecle: How Centuries End, 1400-2000

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As we approach the new millenniun, we find ourselves re-assessing the past and looking forward to the future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a sense of an ending? In this book, experts on every century since the 14th each explore the characteristics of a different final decade and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in history.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: October 30, 1996

ISBN: 0300066872

ISBN 13: 9780300066876

Fins de Siecle: How Centuries End, 1400-2000

3.1/5 ( ratings)

As we approach the new millenniun, we find ourselves re-assessing the past and looking forward to the future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a sense of an ending? In this book, experts on every century since the 14th each explore the characteristics of a different final decade and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in history.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: October 30, 1996

ISBN: 0300066872

ISBN 13: 9780300066876

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