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1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
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Contemporary political and social issues |
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Contemporary political and social issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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Obama, Barack.
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Obama, Barack. (OCoLC)fst00348231
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Reagan, Ronald. (OCoLC)fst00036392
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Obama, Barack.
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Families -- United States -- History.
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Coalitions -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
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Coalitions. (OCoLC)fst01430055
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Soziokultureller Wandel.
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United States.
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Since 1980
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: White, John Kenneth. Barack Obama's America. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009 9780472033911 (DLC) 2009018645 (OCoLC)320187676 |
| ISBN |
9780472021796 (electronic bk.) |
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0472021796 (electronic bk.) |
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9780472900909 (electronic bk.) |
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0472900900 (electronic bk.) |
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0472114506 |
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9780472114504 |
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0472033913 |
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9780472033911 |
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