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1 online resource (57 pages) |
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text file rdaft |
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(epub) |
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"Get the Summary of William Strauss and Neil Howe's The Fourth Turning in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: 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 eras -- or "turnings" -- that last about twenty years and that always arrive in the same order. In The Fourth Turning, the authors illustrate these cycles using a brilliant analysis of the post-World War II period. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion as a new order takes root after the old has been swept away. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion against the now-established order. Then comes an Unraveling, an increasingly troubled era 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. Together, the four turnings comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth."-- Provided by Freading. |
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Strauss, William. Fourth turning -- Study guides.
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Cycles.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781638155089 (epub) |
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9781638155089 |
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