Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
- ISBN-10
- 0472033913
- ISBN-13
- 9780472033911
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-04
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- John Kenneth White
Description
"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 2000to 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 momentin 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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