Y2K as an endtime sign: Apocalypticism in America at the fin-de-millennium

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-105

  Schaefer, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 28044446086     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.2004.00101.x     Document Type: Review

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