Barack Obama's America [electronic resource] : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era / John Kenneth White.
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Contemporary political and social issues.
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780472021796 0472021796 9780472900909 0472900900 |