Generations The History of America's Future, 1584 To 2069

Name: Generations The History of America's Future, 1584 To 2069
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ISBN: 9780688119126

ISBN-10: 0688119123

ISBN-13: 9780688119126

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Authors: Neil Howe, William Strauss

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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…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/30/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.36" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Neil Howe is the author of Generations, 13th Gen, and The Fourth Turning. He lives in McLean, Virginia.

William Strauss is the author of Generations, 13th Gen, and The Fourth Turning. He lives in McLean, Virginia.



Preface


Acknowledgments



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


Puritans


Cavaliers


Glorious


Enlighteners



The Revolutionary Cycle


Awakeners


Liberty


Republicans


Compromisers



The Civil War Cycle


Transcendentals


Gilded


Progressives



The Great Power Cycle


Missionaries


Lost


G.I.s


Silent



The Millennial Cycle


Boomers


13ers


Millennials



The Future



The Past as Prologue



Completing the Millennial Cycle



The Beginning of History


Table: The Generational Cycle in America


Glossary



A Theory of Generations



American Political Leadership by Generation


Notes on Sources


Index