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More copies of this ISBNNon Campus Mentis: World History According to College Studentsby Anders Hendriksson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Mangled Moments of Western Civilization from Term Papers & Blue Book Exams
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Synopsis:The New York Times bestseller is now in an inexpensive paperback edition for Graduation Day mayhem--with a new map and chapter on the Middle East. Ranked #2 among USA Today's top humor books and #3 on The Washington Post bestseller list, "this little gem from the ivory tower" (Publishers Weekly) has been praised as: "The créme de la créme of student vacantness" (Associated Press). "Glorious, equal-opportunity idiocy for every era" (Houston Chronicle). A harvest of the most creative bits of inane writing (Chicago Tribune). You'll laugh until you cry-shedding tears for the state of American education (Baltimore Sun). Who knew that history could be so funny and creatively spelled? (Columbia Dispatch). Culled from actual history term papers and exams of students at over 30 colleges--including those of the Ivy League--Non Campus Mentis weaves shocking and hilarious bloopers, gaffs, and malapropisms into a chronology with the wit and juxtapositions of a brilliant comic monologue. There are the births of the great religions: Judyism was the first monolithic religion. It had one big God named 'Yahoo.' The mother of Jesus was Mary, who was different from other women because of her 'Immaculate Contraption.' The Dark Ages, when it was mostly dark. The American civil rights movement, which turned around the corner with Martin Luther Junior's famous 'If I Had a Hammer' speech. And statements that will leave you just scratching your head: Machiavelli, who was often unemployed, wrote The Prince to get a job with Richard Nixon. Synopsis:The "New York Times" bestseller is now in paperback for more graduation day mayhem--with a new map and a chapter on the Middle East. Photos & illustrations. About the AuthorAnders Henriksson is the chairman of the history department at Shepherd College in West Virginia. His articles on college student bloopers have been published in Harper's magazine and The Wilson Quarterly, and he has been featured on the Today show and CBS Sunday Morning, and he is a repeat guest on NPR. He lives in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Table of Contents1. The Historian's Task 2 The Dawn of Time 3 The Mists of Antiquity 4 The Classical Age 5 The Grandeur That Was Rome 6 The Rise of Christianity and the Fall of Rome 7 The Feudal World 8 Church and State in Medieval Europe 9 The Waning of the Middle Ages 10 The Renaissance 11 The Reformation 12 The Age of Absolutism 13 The Enlightenment 14 The Age of Revolution 15 The Industrial Revolution 16 Political Conflict in the Nineteenth Century 17 America from Crisis to Triumph 18 The Birth of Modernism 19 Imperialism and International Rivalries 20 The Catastrophe of 1914 21 The Russian Revolution 22. The Inter-War Era 23. World War II 24. The Cold War 25. A New World Order 26 The End of History Postscript Quiz Maps What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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