1990S: A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE DECADE (HB)

As the Cold War ended and a new millennium approached, grunge, hip-hop and rave exploded in popularity as teenagers and twenty-somethings searched for something real, something more meaningful. Ostentation was out. Authenticity was in. And so we had the first flashes of reality TV, the O.J. Simpson trial, the rise of surveillance culture and the internet. We heard the rallying call of ‘Girl Power!’ from riot grrrls and the Spice Girls. This stimulating volume makes sense of the decade’s recurring motifs, trends and themes, from the fall of the Soviet Union to the end of the world.