A Portrait of America - The Demographic Perspective

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-520-27818-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 296 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Sociology in the Twenty-First Century

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iceland, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Iceland is Head of the Department of Sociology and Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State University. His research focuses on poverty, immigration, and racial and ethnic residential segregation issues. His latest books are Poverty in America: A Handbook, Third Edition and Where We Live Now: Immigration and Race in the United States, both from University of California Press.