TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fischer,Claude S.
AU  - Hout,Michael
TI  - Century of difference: how America changed in the last one hundred years 
SN  - 0871543524 (alk. paper)
AV  - E741 .F49 2006
U1  - 306.0973/0904 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Russell Sage Foundation
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Social change
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social conflict
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-401) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006021640.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006021640.html
ER  -