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The big sort why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart  Cover Image E-book E-book

The big sort why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart

Bishop, Bill 1953- (Author). Cushing, Robert G. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0547525192 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780547525198 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 374 p.) : ill., maps.
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  • Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
  • Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-353) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Part 1: Power Of Place -- 1: Age of political segregation -- 2: Politics of migration -- 3: Psychology of the tribe -- Part 2: Silent Revolution -- 4: Culture shift: the 1965 unraveling -- 5: Beginning of division : beauty and salvation in 1974 -- 6: Economics of the big sort: culture and growth in the 1990s -- Part 3: Way We Live Today -- 7: Religion: the missionary and the megachurch -- 8: Advertising: Grace Slick, Tricia Nixon, and you -- 9: Lifestyle: "books, beer, bikes, and Birkenstocks" -- Part 4: Politics Of People Like Us -- 10: Choosing a side -- 11: Big sort campaign -- 12: To marry your enemies -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: United States Social conditions 1980-
United States Politics and government 1989-
Electronic books
Social conflict United States
Polarization (Social sciences) United States
Regionalism Political aspects United States
Segregation Political aspects United States
Group identity Political aspects United States
Political culture United States
Minorities United States


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