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An edition of The Nineties (2022)

The Nineties

A Book

  • 4.67 ·
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  • 3 Have read

A description and analysis of some of the more acknowledged events that happened in America between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers.

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Penguin Press
Pages
370

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Feb 08, 2022, Penguin Press
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First Sentence

"The nineties began on January 1 of 1990, except for the fact that of course they did not."

Table of Contents

Introduction Page 1
1. Fighting the Battle of Who Could Care Less Page 5
[projections of the distortion] Page 29
2. The Structure of Feeling (Swingin’ on the Flippity-Flop) Page 33
[i see death around the corner] Page 49
3. Nineteen Percent Page 53
[casual determinism] Page 73
4. The Edge, as Viewed from the Middle Page 77
[the slow cancellation of the future and the fiast homogenization of the past] Page 103
5. The Movie Was about a Movie Page 107
[the power of myth] Page 123
6. CTRL + ALT + DELETE Page 129
[alive in the superunknowns] Page 165
7. Three True Outcomes Page 169
[vodka on the chessboard] Page 185
8. Yesterday’s Concepts of Tomorrow Page 189
[the importance of being earnest] Page 209
9. Sauropods Page 213
[giveing the people what they want, except that they don’t] Page 241
10. A Two-Dimensional Fourth Dimension Page 245
[the spin doctors] Page 273
11. I Feel the Pain of Everyone, Then I Feel Nothing Page 279
[just try it and see what happens] Page 305
12. The End of the Decade, the End of Decades Page 311
Acknowledgments Page 339
Sources Page 341
Index Page 355

Edition Notes

Source title: The Nineties: A Book

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
2022

Classifications

Library of Congress
E169.12.K556 2022

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
370p
Number of pages
370
Weight
648 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32760207M
ISBN 10
0735217955
ISBN 13
9780735217959

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