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1 online resource. |
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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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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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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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Obama, Barack.
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Obama, Barack. |
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Reagan, Ronald. |
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Obama, Barack. |
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Reagan, Ronald. |
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Coalitions -- United States -- History.
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Coalitions. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Families -- United States -- History.
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Families. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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Social conditions. |
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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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Soziokultureller Wandel. |
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USA. |
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Since 1980 |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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How new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Barack Obama's America Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009. 9780472114504 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2009018645 |
| ISBN |
0472021796 ebook |
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9780472021796 ebook |
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9780472033911 paperback : alkaline paper |
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9780472114504 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9780472900909 (electronic book) |
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0472900900 (electronic book) |
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0472114506 (electronic book) |
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9780472114504 |
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0472033913 |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.17422 |
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