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

— —

William Strauss Neil Howe

The Fourth Turning

What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

William Strauss, Neil Howe

$34.99

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

English

Bantam USA
28 May 2019

History of the Americas; Cultural studies; Social forecasting, future studies; Politics & government

"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 the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America's past will predict what comes next.

Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern- Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras-or ""turnings""-that comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post-World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny."

By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
Imprint: Bantam USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 437g
ISBN: 9780767900461
ISBN 10: 0767900464
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 28 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

I put down The Fourth Turning with a mixture of terror and excitement....If Strauss and Howe are right, they will take their place among the great American prophets. --David Kaiser, Boston Globe One of the best efforts to give us an integrated vision of where we are going. --Wall Street Journal A startling vision of what the cycles of history predict for the future. --USA Weekend