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One Nation After All What Americans Really Think About God Country Family Racism Welfare Immigration Homosexuality Work The Right The Left and Each Other
Author: Alan Wolfe

We have come to believe that our nation is deeply divided between The Left (pro-welfare, pro-affirmative action, pro-abortion, etc.) and The Right (pro-school prayer, pro-family, anti-all of the above). That's the premise of the debate raging in Congress and statehouses, in the media and academia. But after spending two years talking with middle...  more » class Americans in eight communities around the nation, renowned sociologist Alan Wolfe comes to the surprising conclusion that we agree about a lot more than we think we do; that we are in fact one nation, after all. Among his provocative findings are that middle Americans left and right

• believe in giving the deserving but not the undeserving poor a second chance

• are happy to allow immigrants inside our borders whatever their race, but insist that they learn English and work hard

• accept women in the workplace--including mothers--as a fact of life

• are remarkably tolerant--except when it comes to homosexuals A breakout book in the tradition of Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, One Nation After All debunks the myths that pointlessly polarize Americans and illumines a society with many values in common--one incredibly, increasingly pragmatic about God, family, and country.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780670876778
ISBN-10: 0670876771
Publication Date: 3/1/1998
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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