{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-end-stephen-basdeo-9781399017381","title":"A History of the End of the World: The Apocalypse in Popular Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eTraces how apocalyptic fears and visions have shaped popular culture from medieval times to today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople have always imagined that human history has an end point. The way this has been imagined has varied according to time, place, and culture. In medieval England people lived in expectation of the Biblical Day of Judgment, when the world would end and people would be judged by God according to their sins. In art and literature from the early modern period onwards, the most frightening scenes from the Bible were depicted to warn people of the dangers of sin. As the power of the church waned and society became more secular, \"new\" threats emerged such as pandemics and otherworldly beings which threatened to destroy humanity, and whose tales were told time and again in popular culture. This book examines stories of the apocalypse in popular culture from the medieval period to the twenty-first century; it is a history of the end of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Basdeo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399017381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399017381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.31w x 1.11d","brand":"Stephen Basdeo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48518302073087,"sku":"9781399017381","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1af4c34-f78c-465b-a524-bce1a633b430.jpg?v=1778734145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-end-stephen-basdeo-9781399017381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}