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Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era / John Kenneth White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, John Kenneth.
- Series:
- Contemporary political and social issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Families--United States--History.
- Families.
- Coalitions.
- History.
- United States.
- Coalitions--United States--History.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- How new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Politics of Discomfort
- One: One Family, Two Centuries
- Two: Twenty-first-Century Faces
- Three: Redefining Relationships
- Four: The Gay-Rights Paradox
- Five: Shrunken Congregations, Soulful Citizens
- Six: The Death of the Reagan Coalition
- Seven: Barack Obama's America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472114504
- 0472114506
- 9780472033911
- 0472033913
- 9780472021796
- 0472021796
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.17422
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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