| The Fourth Turning Website is a must for anyone who wishes to become familiar with the Strauss-Howe thesis. It is their website and is based on their book of the same name. They present a compelling theory with modern, contemporary, and future implications.
Wm. Murray's TIME Page is simply the best overall treatment of time-based phenomena like generations. Bill has put a lot of historical links into this densely woven tapestry of Time. Times of Our Lives is a less coherent, but nevertheless rich source of information and theory about the whole scheme of time-based social phenomena. Wikipedia has a nice, succinct article on the Silent Generation. Frank Kaiser's website is a good example of a genre of websites that give meaning and depth to the experience of being a member of the Silent Generation. David Ish's website is another. And there is poetry, too. Not everyone likes the Silent Generation. Here is an article from a Boomer, seemingly, asking the Silent Generation to shut up. Academe is interested, and you will find lots of references like this one on Google or other search engines. I just discovered this site. LifeCourse Associates is the moving force behind this one. There are several organizations using generation studies for sectarian and/or political purposes. I have deliberately not given them recognition here. Obviously, generations contain people of all stripes and spots, not just fundamentalists and neo-conservatives. These voices are predicted in the theory, by the way. They are welcome to use the language, but readers should not confuse these voices with a dispassionate pursuit of the truth.
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