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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Includes bibliographical references.;Description based on print version record.;Foreword; preface; acknowledgments; section i: stages of life; chapter 1: a generation is born and made; chapter 2: a generation finds its voice; chapter 3: a generation makes its mark; chapter 4: the graying of a generation; section ii: generational biographies; chapter 5: accentuate the flexible; chapter 6: the clash of ideals; chapter 7: making the best of it; chapter 8: all together now; section iii: generational turnings; chapter 9: if you build it, we'll all come; chapter 10: on the other hand; chapter 11: i have seen the promised land; chapter 12: hope in the dark.;Description based on print version record. In 1991 a pair of Ivy League-educated Californians, William Strauss and Neil Howe, published a landmark book, Generations: The History of America's Future from 1584 to 2069. In Generations and subsequent books, they develop a theory that generational cycles repeat through American history at about 90- to 95-year intervals. In this book, Carl Eeman accepts the invitation of Strauss and Howe in Generations: ""We encourage specialists among our readers, whatever their backgrounds, to shed more light on the component pieces of the generational puzzle"" (p. 16). Eeman explores the cycle of four gen.