Century of difference: how America changed in the last one hundred years

Preface

Introduction: The American variations, 1900 to 2000

How America expanded education and why it mattered

Where Americans came from : race, immigration, and ancestry / with Aliya Saperstein

How Americans lived : families and life courses in flux / with Jon Stiles

How Americans worked : new workers, new jobs, and new differences

What Americans had : differences in living standards / with Jon Stiles

Where Americans lived : the redrawing of America's social geography / with Jon Stiles

How Americans prayed : religious diversity and change

When Americans disagreed : cultural fragmentation and conflict

Conclusion: the direction of Americans' differences

Appendix A: Combining parametric and nonparametric regressions to study how trends differ among subpopulations

Appendix B: Income differences or income ratios?

Appendix C: Procedures and data for the fragmentation analysis in chapter 9 / by Jane Zavisca.