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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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-223)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The next big thing

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Richard Faulk ; illustrations by Ramsey Beyer

Sub title

a history of the boom-or-bust moments that shaped the modern world

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Alcohol -- The Chariot -- Philosophy -- Religion as Personal Faith -- The Flying Buttress -- Single-Point Perspective -- The Movable Type Printing Press -- The Divine Right of Kings -- Magnetic Philosophy -- The Great Masculine Renunciation -- Scientific Racism -- The Kodak Camera -- Freudianism -- Plastics -- The Dance Craze -- The Teenager -- Rock 'n' Roll -- 3-D Movies -- TV Dinners -- The Pill -- Synthetic Food -- Easy Listening -- The Midlife Crisis -- Irony -- TV Console Games -- Metrication -- The Boom Box -- The Walkman -- Prozac -- The End of History? -- NC-17 -- Smart Drinks -- Molecular Gastronomy -- 9/11 and the End of Irony -- The Segway -- Apple iPhone -- The Microbiome

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The Next Big Thing : A History of the Boom-or-Bust Moments That Shaped the Modern World

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