America's Americans

This book examines the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of modern demographic change in the United States. The contributors from the U.S. and the U.K. draw on new research to analyze a wide range of issues pertainingto the diversity of American society.

Introduction; America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics
Overviews of Population Change
The Three Americas: Reflections on America's Americans in Regional Context	p. 3
Through the Prism of Demographics: America's Political Scene	p. 15
The Socioeconomic and Cultural Contexts of Population Issues
Population Matters in Native America	p. 31
Inventing the Matron: American Women Redefine Middle Age	p. 50
From Exile Community to 'Hy'-Society; Cuban American Literature and Cultural Identity	p. 74
The Continuing Significance of Race and Ethnicity in the Melting Pot	p. 94
Living Together - Living Apart: Racial and Ethnic Integration in Metropolitan Neighborhoods, 1970-2000	p. 120
Integrating New Americans	p. 145
Demographic Change and Concentrated Poverty in Rural America	p. 168
The Politics and Public Policy of Population Change
Social Change, Families, and Values: Morality Politics in Contemporary America	p. 199
Native American Self-Determination: From Nixon to Reagan	p. 222
Race, Class, Age and Punitive Segregation: Prisons and Prison Populations in the Contemporary United States	p. 246
The Shifting Politics of Immigration Reform	p. 263
The Cuban Adjustment Act and Immigration from Cuba	p. 288
Urban Electoral Coalitions in an Age of Immigration: Time and Place in the 2001 and 2005 Los Angeles Mayoral Primaries	p. 312
California and the Third Great Demographic Transition: Immigrant Incorporation, Ethnic Change, and Population Aging, 1970-2030	p. 346
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