Century of Difference / How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years - Fischer, Claude S., Hout, Michael
How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years
KORTE INHOUD
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? Thus far, the United States has a remarkable track record of incorporating new people into American society, but acceptance and assimilation have never meant equality. In Century of Difference, Claude Fischer and Michael Hout provide a compelling—and often surprising—new take on the divisions and commonalities among the American public over the tumultuous course of the twentieth century. Using a hundred years worth of census and opinion poll data, Century of Difference shows how the social, cultural, and economic fault lines in American life shifted in the last century. It demonstrates how distinctions that once loomed large later dissipated, only to be replaced by new ones. Fischer and Hout find that di...
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2006Uitgever: Russell Sage Foundation411 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0871543524ISBN-13: 9780871543523Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2006, 411pp, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy [Auteur: Fischer, Claude S., Hout, Michael] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Russell Sage Foundation] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Century of Difference / How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years]
