For starters, you could check out Stephen Jay Gould's
recent "Questioning the Millenium" (a delightful little
book). I recall some citations therein to relevant truths
and myths regarding mass psychological reactions to
the previous millenium.
-Mike
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Michael J. Kane
Psychology Department
Georgia State University
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Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
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"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing
is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good,
as it is not to care how you got your money as
long as you have it."
-- E.W. Teale