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One Nation Divisible What America Was and What It Is Becoming / Michael B. Katz and Mark J. Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, Michael B., 1939-
- Series:
- The Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Equality--United States--History--20th century.
- Equality.
- Social change--United States--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- Social problems--United States--History--20th century.
- Social problems.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American society today is hardly recognizable from what it was a century ago.Integrated schools, an information economy, and independently successful women are just a few of the remarkable changes that have occurred over just a few generations.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue. Introducing the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 1. What America Was: The Early Twentieth Century
- Chapter 2. The Paradox of Inequality in the History of Gender, Race, and Immigration
- Chapter 3. Growing Up and Growing Old in a Century of Family Change
- Chapter 4. What America Is Becoming
- Epilogue. What Does It Mean to Be an American?
- Notes
- References
- About the Authors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-334) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-331-4
- OCLC:
- 835507700
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