The pessimist's guide to history
(eBook)
Author
Contributors
Flexner, Doris, author.
Published
New York : Collins ;, 2008.
Edition
Updated edition (3rd edition).
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 499 pages)
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eBook
Language
English
ISBN
9780061980251
Notes
General Note
Previous ed.: New York : HarperCollins World, 2000.
General Note
"Freshly updated with the latest disasters"--Cover.
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Access limited to subscribing institutions.
Description
The classic irreverent look at the past--now updated with even more appalling facts! Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded--and it's been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This enthralling, enlightening, and devilishly entertaining chronicle of disasters and dastardly deeds brings to light the darkest events in history and the most abysmal calamities to strike the planet . . . so far. 88 BC: Mithridates VI Eupator provides an early example of genocide by massacring 100,000 Romans. 1347: Saint Vitus' Dance Epidemic shimmies across Europe like a deadly disco fever, leaving its victims twitching, uncontrollably leaping, and foaming at the mouth. 1888: Jack the Ripper stalks through the dark alleys of Whitechapel, England, turning the world's oldest profession into the world's most dangerous one. 1939: A Swiss chemist wins a Nobel Prize for developing DDT--and the environment gets another nail in the coffin. 2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. In a classic double whammy, the government response also devastates the Gulf Coast. And much, much more!.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Flexner, S. B., & Flexner, D. (2008). The pessimist's guide to history (Updated edition (3rd edition).). Collins ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flexner, Stuart Berg and Doris, Flexner. 2008. The Pessimist's Guide to History. Collins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flexner, Stuart Berg and Doris, Flexner. The Pessimist's Guide to History Collins, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Flexner, Stuart Berg,, and Doris Flexner. The Pessimist's Guide to History Updated edition (3rd edition)., Collins ;, 2008.
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