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Century of Difference How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years / Claude S. Fischer and Michael Hout.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, Claude S., 1948-
- Series:
- The Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Social stratification--United States--History--20th century.
- Social stratification.
- Social conflict--United States--History--20th century.
- Social conflict.
- Social change--United States--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In every generation, Americans have worried about the solidarity of the nation.Since the days of the Mayflower, those already settled here have wondered how newcomers with different cultures, values, and (frequently) skin color would influence America.Would the new groups create polarization and disharmony?.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: The American variations, 1900 to 2000
- How America expanded education and why it mattered
- Where Americans came from : race, immigration, and ancestry / with Aliya Saperstein
- How Americans lived : families and life courses in flux / with Jon Stiles
- How Americans worked : new workers, new jobs, and new differences
- What Americans had : differences in living standards / with Jon Stiles
- Where Americans lived : the redrawing of America's social geography / with Jon Stiles
- How Americans prayed : religious diversity and change
- When Americans disagreed : cultural fragmentation and conflict
- Conclusion: the direction of Americans' differences
- Appendix A: Combining parametric and nonparametric regressions to study how trends differ among subpopulations
- Appendix B: Income differences or income ratios?
- Appendix C: Procedures and data for the fragmentation analysis in chapter 9 / by Jane Zavisca.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-401) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-206-7
- OCLC:
- 821725574
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