One Nation Divisible: What America Was and What It Is Becoming

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue Introducing the Twentieth Century 1 Chapter 1 What America Was: The Early Twentieth Century 7 Chapter 2 The Paradox of Inequality in the History of Gender, Race, and Immigration 63 Chapter 3 Growing Up and Growing Old in a Century of Family Change 126 Chapter 4 What America Is Becoming 171 Epilogue What Does It Mean to Be an American? 217 Notes 225 References 273 About the Authors 335 Index 337 ...