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...Memos for the Next Millenium...
PICTURE MICHAEL Jackson at the helm of the Millenium Falcon with a crew of Snuffalupagusesque space-doofs--Two things that look like shrunken, tie-dyed Abominable Snowmen, another furry critter with a farting. trumpet-trunk nose (Is flatulence comedy's equivalent of Esperanto?), and a butterfly-winged, cute-as-hell koala that looks like a cross between Tinkerbell and John Madden...
...alternate approach, and an equally satisfying tack, is more intimate. More recent historians have sought to bring broad themes out in relief by focusing on small communities and individuals. Paul Johnson's A Shopkeeper's Millenium, which focuses on Rochester New York in the early 1800s, is but one example of this immensely fruitful approach to social history in relation to the broader debates of the time...
...those who expected a Statue of Liberty redux, the glitz was disappointing. But for those who worried that the show would be too glitzy, the show was perfectly dignified. Dignified even enough for an educational institution more than one-third of a millenium...
WHEN A PERIOD of history becomes ancient, the accomplishments of the age become grand. Perhaps the ability to survive a millenium or two or three makes these works larger than life...