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1995: The Year the Future Began
W. Joseph Campbell
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Description for 1995: The Year the Future Began
Hardback. Offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in US history; and the sensational Trial of the Century," at which OJ Simpson faced charges of double murder. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w, 3 line. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
A hinge moment in recent American history, 1995 was an exceptional year. Drawing on interviews, oral histories, memoirs, archival collections, and news reports, W. Joseph Campbell presents a vivid, detail-rich portrait of those memorable twelve months. This book offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in U.S. history; the sensational Trial of the Century," at which O.J. Simpson faced charges of double murder; the U.S.-brokered negotiations at Dayton, Ohio, which ended the ... Read more
A hinge moment in recent American history, 1995 was an exceptional year. Drawing on interviews, oral histories, memoirs, archival collections, and news reports, W. Joseph Campbell presents a vivid, detail-rich portrait of those memorable twelve months. This book offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in U.S. history; the sensational Trial of the Century," at which O.J. Simpson faced charges of double murder; the U.S.-brokered negotiations at Dayton, Ohio, which ended the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520273993
SKU
V9780520273993
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About W. Joseph Campbell
W. Joseph Campbell is Professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of five other nonfiction books, including Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism (UC Press, 2010).
Reviews for 1995: The Year the Future Began
"A compulsively readable new book."
Nick Gillespie Reason "A worthy, informative, and sporting attempt to convince us that the world we live in was crucially shaped by things that happened in 1995... Campbell's book draws our attention to the nineteen-nineties. And he's right when he points out that the decade is pretty much ignored."
Louis Menand New Yorker ... Read more
Nick Gillespie Reason "A worthy, informative, and sporting attempt to convince us that the world we live in was crucially shaped by things that happened in 1995... Campbell's book draws our attention to the nineteen-nineties. And he's right when he points out that the decade is pretty much ignored."
Louis Menand New Yorker ... Read more