The first universal nation : leading indicators and ideas about the surge of America in the 1990s / Ben J. Wattenberg.

Author
Wattenberg, Ben J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1991.
Description
xiv, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    Essays on demographics, income and spending, childrearing, health and business with "indicator" pages showing the most significant American and global trends.
    Notes
    • "Notes to indicators " : p. 390-391.
    • Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Part 1. The case is made, in context. Thesis : America at the beginning of the middle ; Background
    • Part 2. The American people. The changing face of America and why it matters ; What's happening to us, mostly for the better ; Income and programs
    • Part 3. The environment. The nice crisis ; Supply-side demography
    • Part 4. Nations. America's role in the world ; The Soviet Union ; Defense : we're number one ; Foreign policies
    • Part 5. American politics. The political terrain ; Democrats ; Republicans
    • Part 6. Commerce. Everything is the business of America.
    ISBN
    • 0029340012
    • 9780029340011
    LCCN
    90003803
    OCLC
    21910035
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