Talk:Awakening Generation

This series of articles is very interesting. But it should not be called American generations, since these are definitions of only two authors. May be American Generations by William Strauss and Neil Howe would be way better. It is somewhat misleading now. --212.72.201.199

... Before this generation made its mark, the British colonies in America had practically no influence upon the world outside of the colonies. As an example, the preceding generation had the likes of Voltaire and Johann Sebastian Bach, and no American forces such attention. After it made its mark, the rest of the world could no longer ignore America. Even if it spent the great majority of its life in colonial America, as the youngest among them were 53 at the time of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 it is the first to merit a description of 'American'.

It may be that Benjamin Franklin is the first American who appears in 'world history' as a significant figure.--66.231.41.57 23:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

MERGE, please
Folks, please support and help the MERGE of all of these silly Strauss and Howe pages into a single article. It hurts the integrity of WP to give this one consulting firm so much attention. This view has ZERO following among professional American historians. --Dylanfly 16:45, 19 August 2007 (UTC)