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American Attitudes: What Americans Think about the Issues that Shape Their Lives 4th Edition
Author(s): Inc. New Strategist Publications (Author)
- Publisher: New Strategist Pr Llc
- Edition: 4th
- Language: English
- Print length: 346 pages
- ISBN-10: 1885070438
- ISBN-13: 9781885070432
Book Description
Coaxes the results of the General Social Survey out of the shadows of academia and makes them available for researchers who want to explore Americans’ changing attitudes on topics ranging from gay marriage to the American Dream. The data are presented by sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, and education. It also compares attitudes in 2008 with 1998, 1988, and (if available) 1978, examining how opinions have changed during those three decades.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
The New Strategist editorial staff is headed by editorial director Cheryl Russell, a demographer and author who previously served as editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine from 1984 to 1990, executive editor of The Boomer Report, and contributing editor to Money magazine. She holds an M.A. in Sociology/Demography from Cornell University. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
A thought-provoking thematic sample of the results from polling drawn from the General Social Survey, which has been run annually under the auspices of the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center since 1972. Questions cover all aspects of society, from government, religion and science to family and personal issues . . . Like other New Strategist publications, the book is well-formatted, easy to browse, has good indexing, and contains informative charts. –American Reference Books Annual –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
