- Additional Authors
- Hout, Michael.
- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 411 p.) : ill., map.
- Uniform Title
- Century of difference (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Century of difference (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-401) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2006021640
- OCLC
- ssj0000580567
- Author
Fischer, Claude S., 1948-
- Title
Century of difference [electronic resource] : how America changed in the last one hundred years / Claude S. Fischer and Michael Hout.
- Imprint
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2006.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-401) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Hout, Michael.