Have a Nice Doomsday: Why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world - Couverture souple

Guyatt, Nicholas

 
9780091910884: Have a Nice Doomsday: Why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world
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ISBN 10 : 0091910889 ISBN 13 : 9780091910884
Editeur : Ebury Press, 2008

Synopsis

Journeying to the dusty heartlands of America's Bible Belt, Nicholas Guyatt goes in search of the truth behind a startling statistic: 50 million Americans believe the apocalypse will take place in their own lifetimes.

They're convinced that, any day now, Jesus will snatch up his followers and spirit them to heaven. For the rest of us, things are going to get very nasty indeed: massive earthquakes, devastating wars, not to mention the terrifying rise of the Antichrist.

But true believers aren't just sitting around waiting for the Rapture. They're getting involved in debates over abortion, gay rights and even foreign policy. Are they devout or deranged? Why do they seem so cheerful about the end of the world? And, given the disturbing involvement of a leading presidential candidate, does their influence stretch beyond the Bible Belt ... perhaps even to the White House?

Strange, funny and unsettling in equal measure, Have a Nice Doomsday uncovers the apocalyptic obsession at the heart of the world's only superpower.

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À propos de l?auteur

Born and brought up in the UK, Nicholas Guyatt spent seven years in the United States - first as a PhD student at Princeton and then as a lecturer in Princeton's Department of History - prior to teaching American History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His book on US foreign policy, Another American Century, was published by Zed Books in 2000, and he is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books. He divides his time between Canada and London.

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Éditeur
Ebury Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0091910889
ISBN 13 
9780091910884
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780061152245: Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0061152242 ISBN 13 :  9780061152245
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2007
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