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The Nineties
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- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Informative, endlessly entertaining.”—BuzzFeed
“Generation X’s definitive chronicler of culture.”—GQ
From the author of But What If We’re Wrong comes an insightful, funny reckoning with a pivotal decade
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. Landlines fell to cell phones, the internet exploded, and pop culture accelerated without the aid of technology that remembered everything. It was the last era with a real mainstream to either identify with or oppose. The ’90s brought about a revolution in the human condition, and a shift in consciousness, that we’re still struggling to understand. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job.
In The Nineties, Klosterman dissects the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the pre-9/11 politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan, and (almost) everything else. The result is a multidimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian.
Critic reviews
“In The Nineties, Klosterman examines the social, political and cultural history of the era with his signature wit. It’s a fascinating trip down memory lane.” —Time
“Always an astute cultural observer and a fan of deep dives into any subject, Klosterman is focused here on a decade in American life that he says is often portrayed as ‘a low-risk grunge cartoon’ . . . Klosterman’s gift is seizing on those moments that any Gen Xer can readily recall and pulling the strings a bit to put it in some kind of historical perspective.” —Associated Press
“Serving up the moments and meanings of a modern decade in a few hundred pages is no easy task, but Chuck Klosterman has managed to boil a hearty stew of insight. . . . [Klosterman is] a master of smooth setups and downbeat finishes.” —USA Today
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- Rob
- 25-05-22
Enjoyable and informative refresh
In truth I had hoped for something a little less US centric and I initially wondered whether I would finish. After the first chapter this stopped being an issue, the book was informative and interesting, never too heavy. Whilst not all the touch points meant so much to someone on the other side of the pond,many were still relevant - either through the global impact they had or because of the similarities in US and UK cultures
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- Arlene Finnigan
- 17-06-24
A brilliant deep dive
This is a fascinating book, and feels like it could have been specifically written for someone who sat their Sociology A Level in 1999. It's incredibly broad in its scope, covering music, film, TV, sports and politics, and it rightly gives popular culture equal weight to geopolitics. I really enjoyed this.
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- Richard
- 22-02-22
superb history book
Superb book. Klosterman looks at how things were, not how they should be. The attitudes, the hopes, the tastes, the fears of people at the time. He admits its hard to summarise and entire populations belief but all of his points are backed with both statistics and anecdotes. very well researched and enjoyable to read. It's very funny at times.
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- James A Brinck
- 08-03-24
The World before…
American centric but became more and more interesting. Go back to life without a smartphone.
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- s1m0n
- 12-11-23
avoid
as someone from the uk I found this boring not much relevance to me, and I grew up in the 90's.
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