America's Crisis of Values : : Reality and Perception / / Wayne E. Baker.

Is America bitterly divided? Has America lost its traditional values? Many politicians and religious leaders believe so, as do the majority of Americans, based on public opinion polls taken over the past several years. But is this crisis of values real? This book explores the moral terrain of Americ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2004
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 29 line illus. 2 halftones. 29 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. A Question of Values
  • CHAPTER TWO. America's Values in Global Context
  • CHAPTER THREE. Culture War
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Dynamics of Crisis
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Search for Meaning
  • APPENDIX A. World Values Surveys: Methods, Sampling, and Measures
  • APPENDIX B. Statistical Tables
  • Notes
  • Index