TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,John Kenneth
ED  - Ohio Library and Information Network.
TI  - Barack Obama's America: how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era 
SN  - 9780472021796
AV  - HQ535 .W47 2009eb
U1  - 306.850 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Families
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Coalitions
N2  - "The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America."--Publisher's description
ER  -