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The crossing of thresholds is often laden with symbolism and portent. When Julius Caesar led his army across the Rubicon in 49 BC, the act marked a declaration of war - a military breach of a recognised territorial border. More than two millennia later, the event is preserved for posterity as a figure of speech. The 1st of January 2000, of course, represented a more recent (and peaceful) traversal, as well as an item of discursive rumination.
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Jackson, P., Rapp, B. (2003). Introduction. In: Rapp, B., Jackson, P. (eds) Organisation and Work Beyond 2000. Contributions to Management Science. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57346-0_1
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