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All Human Things Are a Circle

"The farther backward you look, the farther forward you are likely to see." - Winston Churchill

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  • Looks back over the past 500 years in order to uncover distinct patterns in history resulting in a cyclical formula comprising growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth and applies this cycle to the next century.
    Paperback, 1998New York : Broadway Books, 1998. — 303.4973 STR
  • America is often described as a nation of doers. Its folk heroes are men and women who subdued an untamed wilderness on their way to forging a great nation. But is America history just a tale of dynamic movers and shakers who left philosophizing to…
    Book plus CD, 2006Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., p2006. — 320 KOB PART 3
  • Spanning the arrival of the first English colonists to the chaos of the Civil War to the birth of the computer age and beyond, this course is a captivating and comprehensive tour of those particular moments in the story of America, after which the…
    Book plus CD, 2011Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Co., c2011. — 973 ODO
  • "Manias, Panics and Crashes, is a vivid and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and…
    Paperback, 2011New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. — 358.542 ALI 6TH ED.
  • Land of Promise

    An Economic History of the United States

    Lind, Michael, 1962-
    Presents a historical perspective on the relationship between economic, technological, and political change by analyzing the economic growth of the United States over the course of two centuries.
    Book, 2012New York : Broadside Books, 2012. — 330.973 LIN
  • Crashes and Crises

    Lessons From a History of Financial Disasters

    Fullenkamp, Connel,
    Learn from an economist about four centuries of financial scams and disasters.
    Book plus CD, 2018Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2018] — 338.542 FUL
  • Our History Is the Future

    Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

    Estes, Nick
    In Our History is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the #NoDAPL movement from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars, the Pick-Sloan dams, the American Indian Movement, and the…
    Book, 2019London : Verso, 2019. — 978.0049 EST
  • What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas? In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience, and myth. Private streets, racism, and the St. Louis World’s Fair;…
    Paperback, 2017Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2017. — 973.924 MCP
  • The Storm Before the Calm

    America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

    Friedman, George,
    Generation Z - Strauss and Howe define the Homeland Generation as those born from 2005 to present. The exact dates for this generation may be affected by current and future historical events.
    Book, 2020New York : Doubleday, [2020] — 909.83 FRI
  • World War Trump

    the Risks of America's New Nationalism

    Gardner, Hall,
    Gen Z and The Millenial Generation
    Book, 2018Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018. — 320.5409 GAR
  • The Millennials

    Connecting to America's Largest Generation

    Rainer, Thom S.
    Strauss and Howe define the Millennial Generation as those born from 1982 to 2004. The exact dates for this generation may be affected by current and future historical events.
    Book, 2011Nashville, Tenn : B & H Pub. Group, c2011. — 305.2 RAI
  • The Next America

    Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown

    Taylor, PaulPew Research Center
    The Millennial Generation vs. the Baby Boom Generation
    eBook, 2014PublicAffairs, 2014
  • Crashed

    How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

    Tooze, Adam, 1967-
    The Millennial Generation
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018] — 332.042 TOO
  • The Fire This Time

    a New Generation Speaks About Race

    Millenial Generation and Generation X reflections on race
    Book, 2016New York : Scribner, 2016. — 305.896 FIR
  • Zero Hour for Generation X

    How the Last Adult Generation Can Save America From Millennials

    Hennessey, Matthew, 1973-
    Generation X or The 13th Generation - Strauss and Howe define the 13th Generation as those born from 1961 to 1981.
    Book, 2018New York : Encounter Books, [2018] — 305.2 HEN
  • Jeneration X

    One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development, or Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner

    Lancaster, Jen, 1967-
    Generation X
    Book, 2013New York : New American Library, 2013. — 814.6 LAN
  • The Unwinding

    An Inner History of the New America

    Packer, George, 1960-
    Generation X
    Book, 2013New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. — 973.924 PAC
  • Why We Can't Sleep

    Women's New Midlife Crisis

    Calhoun, Ada
    Generation X
    Book, 2020New York : Grove Press, 2020. — 305.244 CAL
  • Generation X
    Book, 2011Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. — 973.91 ROD