TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Roy H.
AU  - Drew,Michael R.
TI  - Pendulum: how past generations shape our present and predict our future 
SN  - 9781593157067 (hbk)
AV  - HN 17.5 W836p 2012
U1  - 303.4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vanguard Press
KW  - Historia social
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Cambio social
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Generaciones
KW  - Ciencias sociales
KW  - Filosofía
KW  - Civilización moderna
KW  - 1950-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index; Epiphany -- "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
N2  - Identifies 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012289020-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012289020-d.html
ER  -