TY  - BOOK
AU  - Iceland,John
TI  - A Portrait of America: The Demographic Perspective
T2  - Sociology in the Twenty-First Century Ser.
SN  - 9780520959101
AV  - HB3505 -- .I245 2014eb 
U1  - 304.60973 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Equality -- United States
KW  - Families -- United States
KW  - Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
KW  - Poverty -- United States
KW  - Race discrimination -- United States
KW  - United States -- Population
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. American Demographic Growth -- 2. The American Family -- 3. Gender Inequality -- 4. Economic Well-Being -- 5. Immigration and Growing Diversity -- 6. Racial and Ethnic Inequality -- 7. Migration and Residential Segregation -- 8. Health and Mortality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - Portrait of America describes our nation's changing population and examines through a demographic lens some of our most pressing contemporary challenges, ranging from poverty and economic inequality to racial tensions and health disparities. Celebrated authorJohn Iceland covers various topics, including America's historical demographic growth; the American family today; gender inequality; economic well-being; immigration and diversity; racial and ethnic inequality; internal migration and residential segregation; and health and mortality. The discussion of these topics is informed by several sources, including an examination of household survey data, and by syntheses of existing published material, both quantitative and qualitative. Iceland discusses the current issues and controversies around these themes, highlighting their role in everyday debates taking place in Congress, the media, and in American living rooms. Each chapter includes historical background, as well as a discussion of how patterns and trends in the United States compare to those in peer countries
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