The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us about America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0767900464 ISBN13: 9780767900461 Release Date: December 1997 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) Length: 400 Pages Weight: 1.14 lbs. Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2" NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval--with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis--the Fourth Turning--when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world--and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines th