Generations (book)
{{Infobox book
| author = Neil Howe and William Strauss
| pub_date = 1991
| name = Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584–2069
| genre = Non-fiction
| publisher = William Morrow and Company
| subject = Strauss–Howe generational theory
}}
Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584–2069 is a 1991 non-fiction book by William Strauss and Neil Howe. It described the Strauss–Howe generational theory, which posits that American history takes place along generational cycles of crisis and resurgence.
Reception
Jay P. Dolan in The New York Times wrote that "As history, 'Generations' does not make the grade. It pretends to offer a new interpretation of the past, but it is too contrived to be taken seriously. And as a guide to the future, it is about as reliable as the neighborhood fortuneteller."{{Cite news |last=Dolan |first=Jay P. |date=March 17, 1991 |title=Our Future Is Behind Us |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/17/books/our-future-is-behind-us.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822153842/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/17/books/our-future-is-behind-us.html |archive-date=2020-08-22 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Publishers Weekly called it "a trendy, detailed, convoluted chronicle, often as woolly as newspaper horoscope."{{Cite magazine |title=Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 by William Strauss, Bill Strauss |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780688081331 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |magazine=Publishers Weekly}} George N. Heller in The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education described its premise as "an approach to history which has considerable promise."{{Cite journal |last=Heller |first=George N. |date=July 1, 1993 |title=Book Review: Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584–2069 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/153660069301400207?journalCode=jhra& |journal=The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education |language=EN |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=151–156 |doi=10.1177/153660069301400207 |issn=0739-5639|url-access=subscription }}