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The Next Big Thing: A History of the Boom-or-Bust Moments That Shaped the Modern World

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We are always hearing about the Next Big Thing. Whether it is a new iPhone or the New World, the freshest and newest inventions, discoveries, and fads always loom large in the public mind. The impact that everyone thinks these "next big things" will have is often more important than the actual impact it generates. After all, if it fails, it will be almost immediately forgotten. The Next Big Thing searches through 3,000 years of Western culture to find the colorful and key steps (and missteps) that led us to where we are today.

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ISBN-13:	9781541582118
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Ramsey Beyer is a comic artist and freelance illustrator living in Philadelphia. She is the author and illustrator of two autobiographical graphic novels, Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year, and Year One. Beyer has also been published in several books, including Fanzines by Teal Triggs, Make a Zine!, and Don't Leave Your Friends Behind.

Introduction 6

Alcohol 9

The Chariat 14

Philosophy 20

Religion as Personal Faith 24

The Flying Buttress 30

Single-Point Perspective 33

The Movable Type Printing Press 40

The Divine Right of Kings 44

Mognetic Philosophy 48

The Great Masculine Renunciation 56

Scientific Racism 60

The Kodal Camera 68

Freudianism 73

Plastics 79

The Dance Craze 87

The Teenager 93

Rock 'n' Roll 102

3-D Movies 108

TV Dinners 112

The Pill 120

Synthetic Food 128

Easy Listening 136

The Midlife Crisis 142

Irony 148

TV Console Games 154

Metrication 161

The Boom Box 167

The Walkman 171

Prozac 177

The End of History? 182

NC-17 186

Smart Drinks 191

Molecular Gastronomy 194

9/11 and the End of Irony 199

The Segway 202

Apple iPhone 207

The Microbiome 212

Bibligraphy 218

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12/01/2015
Gr 10 Up—Covering "the last 3,000 years (more or less)…west of the Caucasus and north of Florida (more or less)," Faulk offers treatments of about five pages each on 37 subjects, from alcohol to microbiomes, with stops along the way for the flying buttress, scientific racism, Kodak cameras, TV dinners, Prozac, and more. Each topic is given a score out of 10 for the hype it generated in its day and another for its actual historical impact. There is a bibliography for those interested in learning more; however, nine of the entries reference only one or two sources. Faulk defines "the next big thing" as "a nodal point in time, when…we finally believe that we really know what the future is going to look like." It is thus unclear why certain subjects—such as the musical genre and radio format of easy listening—merited inclusion. The geographic focus is narrow, and the book presents a limited vision of the forces that shaped the modern world, but the information-dense entries are readable and engaging, with a light humorous touch. Most teens are unlikely to read this volume in its entirely but may be intrigued to learn that the concept of the teenager is a modern invention or that their parents' rock 'n' roll had such radical origins. Porn is mentioned in the entries on NC-17 and the movable type printing press, and coprophagia and bestiality come up in the section on irony, making this a choice for older teens. VERDICT An additional purchase for larger collections.—Laura Simeon, Open Window School Library, WA

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