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Just as high school graduates in 1957 couldn't imagine life without zippers, those of 2009 can't imagine having to enter phone booths and deposit coins in order to call someone from the street corner. Every August, the Mindset List highlights the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of that year's incoming college class. Now this fascinating book extends the Mindset List approach to dramatize what it was like to grow up for every American generation since 1880, showcasing the remarkable changes in what Americans have considered "normal" about the world around them.
Whatever your own generational mindset, this book will give you an entertaining and important new tool for understanding the unique perspective and experience of Americans over more than a hundred and fifty years.
Introduction.
Generations Have Always Had Mindsets.
Class of 1898.
Women Have Always Ridden Bicycles.
Class of 1918.
Rum Has Always Been Demonic.
Class of 1931.
They’ve Always Been Spoiled by Zippers.
Class of 1944.
The Shadow Has Always Known.
Class of 1957.
Fluoride Has Always Been Controversial.
Class of 1970.
Magazines Have Always Been Mad.
Class of 1983.
There Has Always Been the Grateful Dead.
Class of 1996.
Michelangelo Has Always Been a Turtle.
Class of 2009.
They’ve Never Dialed a Telephone.
Class of 2026.
They’ve Never Needed a Key for Anything.
Conclusion.
We Have Always Bent—But Have Never Been Broken.
jorgedb
Posted July 17, 2011
I have followed Nief and McBride's Mindset Lists over the years and find them to be an important gauge of the evolution of American consciousness. This analysis of more than 100 years of American history through the eyes of 18-year-olds is at the same time fascinating and fun. Highly recommended.
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Just as high school graduates in 1957 couldn't imagine life without zippers, those of 2009 can't imagine having to enter phone booths and deposit coins in order to call someone from the street corner. Every August, the Mindset List highlights the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of that year's incoming college class. Now this fascinating book extends the Mindset ...