One nation divisible

by Michael B. Katz

"American society today is hardly recognizable from what it was a century ago. Integrated schools, an information economy, and independently successful women are but a few of the remarkable changes that have occurred over just a few generations. Still, the country today is influenced by many of the same factors that revolutionized life in the late nineteenth century - immigration, globalization, technology, and shifting social norms - and is plagued by many of the same problems, including economic, social, and racial inequality. One Nation Divisible, a history of twentieth-century American life by Michael B. Katz and Mark J. Stern, weaves together information from the latest census with a century's worth of data to show how trends in American life have changed while inequality and diversity have endured." "On Nation Divisible examines all aspect so of work, family, and social life to paint a broad picture of the American experience over the long arc of the twentieth century. Katz and S