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The next big thing : a history of the boom-or-bust moments that shaped the modern world. / Richard Faulk ; illustrations by Ramsey Beyer.
EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America Available online
EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faulk, Richard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--History.
- Genre:
- Teen nonfiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, California : Zest Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Traces three thousand years of Western history to profile influential ideas and setbacks that have shaped the modern world, from the spread of monotheism and the invention of the printing press to the U.S. metric campaign and the smart drink trend.
- Contents:
- Front Cover ; CONTENTS; Introduction; Alcohol; the chariot; Philosophy; Religion as Personal faith; The Flying Butt ress; Single-Point Perspective; The Movab le Type Print ing Press; The Divine Right of Kings; Magnetic Philosophy; The Great Masculine Renunciation; Scientific Racism; The Kodak Camera; Freudianism; Plast ics; The Danc e Craze; The Teena ger; Rock 'n' Roll; 3-D Movies; TV Dinn ers; The Pill; Synthetic Food; Easy Listening; The Midlife Crisis; Irony; TV Console Games; Metricat ion; The Boom Box; The Walkman; Prozac; The End of History?; NC-17; Smart Drinks; Molecular Gastronomy
- 9/11 and the End of IronyThe Segway; Apple iPhone; The Microbiome
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5415-8211-X
- 1-936976-66-8
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