Title:
Generations : the history of America's future, 1584 to 2069
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Publication Date:
1991
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, [1991]
©1991
Physical Description:
538 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780688119126
Abstract:
Hailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, "Generations" has been heralded by reviewers as a brilliant, if somewhat unsettling, reassessment of where America is heading. William Strauss and Neil Howe posit the history of America as a succession of generational biographies, beginning in 1584 and encompassing every-one through the children of today. Their bold theory is that each generation belongs to one of four types, and that these types repeat sequentially in a fixed pattern. The vision of "Generations" allows us to plot a recurring cycle in American history -- a cycle of spiritual awakenings and secular crises -- from the founding colonists through the present day and well into this millenium. "Generations" is at once a refreshing historical narrative and a thrilling intuitive leap that reorders not only our history books but also our expectations for the twenty-first century.
Contents:
People moving through time -- The cycle. Life along the generational diagonal ; Belonging to a "generation" ; The four-part cycle ; The cycle in America ; From Puritans to millennials and beyond -- The generations. The colonial cycle ; The revolutionary cycle ; The Civil War cycle ; The great power cycle ; The millennial cycle -- The future. The past as prologue ; Completing the millennial cycle ; The beginning of history -- Table: The generational cycle in America -- Glossary -- Appendix A: A theory of generations -- Appendix B: American political leadership by generation.
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Language:
English
