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The Fourth Turning, Millennials, and Trump

American cultural history is a repeating cycle of four generational types and how they interact with one another.

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Jun 27, 2017
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by Dr. Jack Wheeler
June 27, 2017

From where do we get the term and concept of “Millennials” as the current generation of young people in America today?

From a 1991 book that explains American cultural history as a repeating cycle of four generational types: Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 by historians William Strauss and Neil Howe.

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