Mindset Lists of American History: From Typewriters to Text Messages, What Ten Generations of Americans Think Is Normal Book

Acknowledgments.

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.