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One Nation Divisible - What America Wants and What it is Becoming (Paperback)
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One Nation Divisible - What America Wants and What it is Becoming (Paperback)
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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. Still, the
country today is influenced by many of the same factors that
revolutionized life in the late nineteenth century immigration,
globalization, technology, and shifting social norms and is plagued
by many of the same problems economic, social, and racial
inequality. One Nation Divisible, a sweeping history of
twentieth-century American life by Michael B. Katz and Mark J.
Stern, weaves together information from the latest census with a
century s worth of data to show how trends in American life have
changed while inequality and diversity have endured. One Nation
Divisible examines all aspects of work, family, and social life to
paint a broad picture of the American experience over the long arc
of the twentieth century. Katz and Stern track the transformations
of the U.S. workforce, from the farm to the factory to the office
tower. Technological advances at the beginning and end of the
twentieth century altered the demand for work, causing large
population movements between regions. These labor market shifts fed
both the explosive growth of cities at the dawn of the industrial
age and the sprawling suburbanization of today. One Nation
Divisible also discusses how the norms of growing up and growing
old have shifted. Whereas the typical life course once involved
early marriage and living with large, extended families, Americans
today commonly take years before marrying or settling on a career
path, and often live in non-traditional households. Katz and Stern
examine the growing influence of government on trends in American
life, showing how new laws have contributed to more diverse
neighborhoods and schools, and increased opportunities for
minorities, women, and the elderly. One Nation Divisible also
explores the abiding economic paradox in American life: while many
individuals are able to climb the financial ladder, inequality of
income and wealth remains pervasive throughout society. The last
hundred years have been marked by incredible transformations in
American society. Great advances in civil rights have been tempered
significantly by rising economic inequality. One Nation Divisible
provides a compelling new analysis of the issues that continue to
divide this country and the powerful role of government in both
mitigating and exacerbating them."
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