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Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972
Peter Marsden
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Description for Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972
Hardback. Drawing on the General Social Survey - a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972, this title offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Editor(s): Marsden, Peter V. Num Pages: 408 pages, 86 line illus. 66 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey--a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972--it offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Among the book's many important findings are the greater willingness of ordinary Americans to accord rights of free expression to unpopular groups, to endorse formal racial equality, and to ... Read more
Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey--a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972--it offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Among the book's many important findings are the greater willingness of ordinary Americans to accord rights of free expression to unpopular groups, to endorse formal racial equality, and to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691133317
SKU
V9780691133317
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About Peter Marsden
Peter V. Marsden is the Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology, Harvard College Professor, and Dean of Social Science at Harvard University. He coedited the second edition of the Handbook of Survey Research.
Reviews for Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972
Winner of the 2015 AAPOR Book Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research "The General Social Survey (GSS), a private organization, has been posing questions since 1972, and some of its more interesting findings are in Social Trends in American Life."
Andrew Hacker, New York Review of Books "An important book that should be on every social scientist's desk."
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Andrew Hacker, New York Review of Books "An important book that should be on every social scientist's desk."
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