{"product_id":"9780688119126","title":"Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, \u003cb\u003eGenerations\u003c\/b\u003e has been heralded by reviewers as a brilliant, if somewhat unsettling, reassessment of where America is heading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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 \u003cb\u003eGenerations\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenerations\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056181592304,"sku":"9780688119126","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780688119126_p0.jpg?v=1763609401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780688119126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}