Barack Obama's America: how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era
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Main Author: White, John Kenneth 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 2009
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Abstract:"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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Contemporary political and social issues
Physical Description:X, 305 S.
ISBN:9780472033911
9780472114504
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