02466cam a2200385 a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000240009502000210011902800060014003500240014604000720017004100080024204200140025005000240026408200140028810000480030224501180035026000400046830000380050850400640054650508560061052002430146665000280170965000380173765000170177565000350179265000340182770000220186185601060188385600910198917560689BJBSDDR20230411090620.0ta121212s2012    nyua     b    000 0 eng d  a  2012289020  a9781593157067 (hbk)  a1593157061 (hbk)  a   a(OCoLC)ocn731913248  aBTCTAbspacBTCTAdBDXdB@LdOCLCOdTKLdYDXCPdORXdBURdC PLdDLC  aeng  alccopycat00aHN 17.5bW836p 201204a303.42231 aWilliams, Roy H. q(Roy Hollister), d1958-10aPendulum :bhow past generations shape our present and predict our future /cRoy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew.  aNew York :bVanguard Press,cc2012.  aix, 253 p. :bcol. ill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.0 aEpiphany -- "We" versus "me" -- What defines a generation? -- Duality -- Alpha voices and the six-year transitionary window -- The limits of predictability -- 1923-1933 : first half of the upswing into "we" -- 1933-1943 : the second half of the upswing, reaching the zenith of "we" -- Three thousand years of "we" and the origin of Western society -- 1943-1953 : the first half of the downswing of "we" -- 1953-1963 : the second half of the downswing of "we" -- 1963-1973 : the first half of the upswing into "me" -- 1973-1983 : the upswing of "me" reaches its limit -- Three thousand years of "me" : a "me" is about big dreams -- 1983-2003 : the twenty-year downswing from "me" -- 2003-2023 : the twenty-year upswing into "we" one more time -- 2013-2023 : what happens next? : a discussion of experts -- Uses of the pendulum -- Pendulum in the Bible.  aIdentifies patterns in the way society judges acceptability, revealing a forty-year cycle in Western society that explains current trends and viewpoints that are shaping the successes of today's political, business, and celebrity figures. 4aHistoria social y1945- 4aCambio socialxHistoriaySiglo XX 4aGeneraciones 4aCiencias socialesxFilosofía 4aCivilización modernay1950-1 aDrew, Michael R. 423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012289020-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012289020-d.html