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The Nineties: A Brief History of the 90s: From the end of the Cold War to Friendship Bracelets to Y2K
University Press returns with another short and captivating book – a brief and nostalgic history of The Nineties – from the end of the Cold War to friendship bracelets to Y2K.
Nostalgia. It just isn’t what it used to be. Every generation looks back on its coming-of-age decade with undue fondness - mixed with the occasional cringing wince. But if you ever tied on a friendship bracelet, styled your hair with LA Looks, painted your nails with Hard Candy, made it a Blockbuster night, organized your stuff in a Trapper Keeper, fed your Tamagotchi, watched Nickelodeon, listened to Nirvana on a Sony Discman, wanted a pager, sported bicycle spoke beads, took advice from a Microsoft paperclip, argued with your friends about the relative merits of Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis, watched Saved by the Bell, favored Biggie or Tupac, sipped Capri Sun, invested in Beanie Babies, wore jelly sandals, quoted Forest Gump, remember the sound of a dial-up modem, or fretted about Y2K, then you might have come of age during the one decade that brought us to the end of a millennia.
This short book is a perfect time capsule providing a nostalgic glimpse of a remarkable decade – a glimpse that you can read in about an hour.
Nostalgia. It just isn’t what it used to be. Every generation looks back on its coming-of-age decade with undue fondness - mixed with the occasional cringing wince. But if you ever tied on a friendship bracelet, styled your hair with LA Looks, painted your nails with Hard Candy, made it a Blockbuster night, organized your stuff in a Trapper Keeper, fed your Tamagotchi, watched Nickelodeon, listened to Nirvana on a Sony Discman, wanted a pager, sported bicycle spoke beads, took advice from a Microsoft paperclip, argued with your friends about the relative merits of Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis, watched Saved by the Bell, favored Biggie or Tupac, sipped Capri Sun, invested in Beanie Babies, wore jelly sandals, quoted Forest Gump, remember the sound of a dial-up modem, or fretted about Y2K, then you might have come of age during the one decade that brought us to the end of a millennia.
This short book is a perfect time capsule providing a nostalgic glimpse of a remarkable decade – a glimpse that you can read in about an hour.
72 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 19, 2022
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March 6, 2022
3.75 stars
May 2, 2022
If you are looking for a book that even remotely tells about the 1990's, this isn't it.
This book must have been an 6th grade writing assignment. Each "chapter" is about 1 1/2 pages, with no rhyme or reason to the order. The book is riddled with errors, and appears to be written from a child's point of view. Example: the drink of the 90's was Capri Sun pouches from Lunchables. According to the author, Capri Sun in pouches were invented in the 1930's. Actually, that was the date the company that made them was founded. "Trapper keepers" got a whole 2 pages. There is nothing that was of any importance to a person over 12 in the book.
When writing about the reasons an item was included, the author starts with "First off ..." (sic), and there isn't a "Second off". Grammar is horrible.
Don't waste your time/money on this "book" unless you want to know what the author thought was important to an Elementary school student in the 90's.
Amazon - please change your summary of this book!
This book must have been an 6th grade writing assignment. Each "chapter" is about 1 1/2 pages, with no rhyme or reason to the order. The book is riddled with errors, and appears to be written from a child's point of view. Example: the drink of the 90's was Capri Sun pouches from Lunchables. According to the author, Capri Sun in pouches were invented in the 1930's. Actually, that was the date the company that made them was founded. "Trapper keepers" got a whole 2 pages. There is nothing that was of any importance to a person over 12 in the book.
When writing about the reasons an item was included, the author starts with "First off ..." (sic), and there isn't a "Second off". Grammar is horrible.
Don't waste your time/money on this "book" unless you want to know what the author thought was important to an Elementary school student in the 90's.
Amazon - please change your summary of this book!
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