Barack Obama's America : : 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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Superior document: | Contemporary political and social issues. |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, c2009. |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contemporary political and social issues
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Other title: | How new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era |
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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. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0472900900 1282422928 9786612422928 0472021796 |
Access: | Open access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | John Kenneth White. |