Popular Culture: Cavespace to Cyberspace

• the 1991 discovery of Oetzi the Ice Man, who is 5,300 years old
• the legends of the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Americans
• who or what turned on the light to the Dark Ages
• the impact of René Descartes: “I think, therefore I am,” and the inspiration of the Enlightenment
• modernism and the determination to be up to date
• the incredible 20th century that McDonaldized the world
• postmodernism and its technology
• cyburbia and globalism

Popular Culture contains a wide collection of stories covering cultural phenomena such as Tutmania, the Crusades, the Ninja Turtles, Hamburger University, elitism, Shakespeare, America's Frontier Thesis, The Global Village, and the coming millennium. You will be intrigued by the plethora of fascinating links that Professor Fishwick makes in this comprehensive guide to ever-changing popular culture.