America by the Numbers: A Field Guide to the U.S. Population

by William H. Frey, Bill Abresch, Jonathan Yeasting

Overview

Is demography destiny? Corporate marketers and government agencies act as if it is, producing mountains of statistics about Americans—most always remarkably inaccessible and dry. Now, America by the Numbers puts the power of demography back in the people's hands, collecting and clearly explaining a vast amount of population data in easy-to-read, informative tables and graphs. From the new immigration to the aging of America, this guide reveals how the ebb and flow of population shapes every public and private decision we make.

In an engaging and accessible form, America by the Numbers ranges across the U.S. landscape as it offers the latest facts about racial conflict, class division, health, schooling, family life, crime, and political participation. The most recent in The New Press's highly successful popular guides to politics and economics—including Field Guide to the U.S. Economy and Social Stratification in the United States—America by the Numbers is both a practical reference on U.S. population trends and a probing examination of the roots of America's most pressing problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565846418
Publisher:	New Press, The
Publication date:	09/01/2001
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

William H. Frey is a senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and a research professor at the Population Studies Center and Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, where he founded and directs the Social Science Data Analysis Network. His books include Diversity Explosion and, with Bill Abresch and Jonathan Yeasting, America By the Numbers (The New Press).

Editorial Reviews

Reading and interpreting census figures is the basis for this intriguing volume on the makeup of the population in the US. The authors, all affiliated with the Social Science Data Analysis Network at the U. of Michigan, bring a fresh viewpoint to statistics, discussing a range of issues on themes of race, immigration, language, wealth, and sexuality in short, clear chapters, each accompanied by a graph. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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