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Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era

White, John Kenneth

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Subject: Obama, Barack. / Reagan, Ronald. / Families United States History. / Coalitions United States History. / United States Social conditions 1980-
• ISBN: 9780472114504, 0472114506, 9780472033911, 0472033913, 9780472021796, 0472021796

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ535.W47 2009	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE